Bookplate Peter Sherston Esquire Lincolns Inn 1758

Newly acquired to the bookplate collection, this one caught my eye because it is an example of what I feel is the correct orientation for a buglehorn (as opposed to the Scots tradition which places horns the other way). To me, it makes sense that a bugle horn should face to the dexter because this is the default position for practically all charges and if one imagines the default position for a bugler blowing his horn as a charge then this is the way the horn would face.

Ex Libris Armorial Bookplate Peter Sherston Esquire Lincolns Inn 1758

Arms: Sable, a cinquefoil Or between three buglehorns Argent stringed of the second.

Mantling: Sable and Or.

Crest: On a wreath of the colours, a stag lodged reguardant Or, armed and hoofed Gules, charged on the shoulder with a cinquefoil Vert.

There is an entry for his descendant, Major Charles Davies Sherston J.P., in Fox Davies’ Armorial Families.