A documentary Worcester blue and white mug dated 1776

A documentary Worcester blue and white mug dated 1776, the baluster form painted with the Gilliflower and Narcissus sprays, flanking the inscription 'Samuel Allen, Banbury, 1776, gilt rim, open crescent mark, 12.8cm.

A Samuel Allen is on the county registers in Banbury in 1766 as a mercer, and in 1781, listed as a Brandy Merchant. The Banbury directory of 1784 records him as a distiller.