Two belt buckle plates with mother-of-pearl decoration, Ottoman Balkans, 19th century Plates in the form of a boteh in metal embossed with a floral decoration, the center set with a large mother-of-pearl plate carved for one of the Baptism of Christ by St. John the Baptist, for the second of a decoration of birds moving in floral stems. The first one is provided with a hook of attachment, the second with a medallion with appendices decorated with a red glass cabochon covering the ring. Length: 15 and 17 cm Oxidation, cracked mother-of-pearl on the first plate. Two Ottoman Belt Buckle Plates with Mother-of-Pearl, Balkans, 19th century