Liberty Blue Staffordshire Ironstone Vintage Plate: 44,500 ppm lead.
The amount of lead that is considered toxic in a newly manufactured item intended for use by children is 90 ppm or higher. Vintage china is not regulated for total Lead content (as detectable with an XRF instrument.)
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Please note: I am not saying “this particular plate will poison the people using it”! I am saying that there is no defensible reason for one of the most potent neurotoxins known to man to be in our cookware (especially at levels this high!) Period.
Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama
I have an entire set of Liberty Blue historic colonial scenes dishes made in England. They do not say copper or ironstone on the back like the plate you pictured. The plates I have came out in 1975 and were collected by purchasing at the bank when you made deposits. Is this liberty blue also made with lead? I am getting confused with my research on this. I tested it and it was negative with a swab type test. BTW your website is amazing and eye opening !