Can anyone tell me about this bottle

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Kind of cool embossing
 
Cool bottle. Some of the embossing symbols look very familiar, as have been seen lately on here.
 
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A lot of mason stuff where I found it
 
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Kind of cool embossing

This is a bottle that had been used in a Catholic church. The symbols in the second photo at the bottom of the vase represent the Alpha & Omega. The two letters that look like P and X in the English alphabet are actually chi (looks like X) and rho (looks like P) from the Greek alphabet. They also happen to be the first two letters of "Christ" in Greek (Christos). Hence the chi-rho monogram is used as a symbol of Christ, Christianity, and Christians.
 
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My guess Holy Water vase.
 
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My guess Holy Water vase.

Could very well be as the op stated it was a bottle. If it's a larger bottle then it could have held the wine for Communion.
 
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WOW that is a rare find! And intact too. What a score! I searched high and low and found nothing similar online. THis will continue to be a mystery but I agree that it has religious significance. What I do not know as of now.
 
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