St. Matthew the Apostle (JMAS 08) Ceramic Ornament

You have several options here: 1) Leave the ornament as is with the same image on both sides. 2) Hide or delete the image of the Apostle on the back to reveal a blank parchment adorned with flowers ready to receive a greeting, a Biblical passage, or any other text of your choosing. Or, 3) hide or delete the parchment and floral ornaments to reveal a blank, solid-colored area. To choose a new background color, see the suggested coordinating hues on the Color Palette postcard for this image. Color Palette postcards are found in an image's associated COLLECTION and in the Special COLLECTION devoted just to color palettes. + Image Credit (JMAS 08): Antique image of St. Matthew the Apostle from a late 19th century devotional print in chromolithography with gilt accents originally published by Josef Müller, Art Publisher, Munich, Germany, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. The image is one of twelve in the publisher’s Apostle Series (No. 12155). + The bag of coins on the lower right of the wreath surrounding St. Matthew’s portrait alludes to his former profession as tax collector which he abandoned to heed Jesus’s call to become an Apostle. + St. Matthew is patron of all facets of money management. + Feast: September 21