I have two glass bottles with silver etching on them and dont know what they are, they have a cross with IHS on the front. Tried to send a picture but said it was too big.
I'm not sure Jim. I was Catholic in the 60's and some churches had pitchers or some container above the entrance font for refilling your own bottles for home, that would be a high end church on that one though.
No, I never heard of sacrificial coffee.
That's really interesting and very "high church." I'll bet I was told by a "low church" Anglican priest as a kid that IHS means In His Service because the Greek would be too difficult for youngsters.
I have had these for about 20 years but never knew what they were. I was thinking of donating them to a church, all the dark on the bottles are silver.