A CHRISTIAN-THEMED DECORATIVE PLAQUE Ottoman Greece or Balkan Provinces, early 19th century Of circular shape, the centre with repoussé decoration showcasing the birth of Christ, the baby flanked by Mary and Joseph, the bull and the donkey, above him the symbols of the Holy Trinity with the dove and the triangle with God's eye, at the bottom and top of the composition two holes suggesting perhaps the object's use (i.e. woven onto an ecclesiastical robe, pinned onto a liturgical wooden board), 11.6cm diam.