In a message dated 95-11-17 18:29:48 EST, [log in to unmask] (Patricia
Reynolds) writes:

> A commemorative plate is made for decoration
>(and for the feelings which accompany its purchase), which
>I agree, is very different from a dinner plate, made
>for household use - but both are real.

But don't you think that many "commemorative" pieces are kitsch and have, as
if alive, metamorphosized into objects which evoke emotion simply because of
what they are? I.e., you mentioned a Silver Jubilee brick. My initial
reaction is cool, that will be 1) worth something someday; 2) look great on a
mantlepiece; 3) be a valuable artifact to pass on to your children. The fact
of the matter is, I am unfamiliar with the event the brick commemorated, but
I sense the feelings which it accompany it. Make sense?

- Adrienne