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P&R Brewery, Bristol?

I am writing to you from the village of Bonza Bay, north east of the port of East London in South Africa.

This morning, whilst scratching amongst the rock pools for historical artifacts (at least three sailing vessels ran aground or were wrecked in this immediate vicinity during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries) a colleague and I found the bottom half of an ancient beer bottle, bearing a raised inscription on the base that reads P&R Bristol. Does anyone have any idea of the origins of the bottle? We are aware that an iron- or steel-hulled vessel, the Jane Davie (apparently of British origin) sunk in the vicinity sometime in the 1880’s. There is very little in the available historical records about the ship itself, and the bottle may provide a clue to its origin. Does anyone know whether the ship has any connection to Bristol?

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