What’s frankly, terrifying, about this bowl is how much paint has worn off of the decoration on the inside food surface. Take a good look at the image below (you can click on it for a full resolution image.)
To see more Bunnykins sets I have tested, Click HERE.
I have not yet tested a Bunnykins set that was Lead-free (or even Lead-safe) so I recommend avoiding them altogether.
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Royal Doulton English Fine Bone China Bunnykins Baby Bowl, year unknown:
61,800 ppm Lead on the FOOD surface.
For context, the amount of Lead that is considered unsafe on a newly manufactured item (made today) intended for use by children is anything 90 ppm Lead or higher in the paint, glaze or coating. This bowl pictured here has 61,800 ppm – nearly 700 times the level that is considered unsafe. As a result, this particular bowl would actually be considered illegal by current standards (if manufactured today), HOWEVER because it is considered vintage / nearly an “antique” – it is not regulated at all and can be sold on eBay (or similar) with absolutely no Lead warning.
Here’s a link to a site that helps to date these these pieces, [Here’s another link too!] <<<<<< UPDATE: OK! Based on these links this piece was most likely manufactured between 1967 and 1976!
To continue reading (and see the exact toxicity test results on this piece – via XRF technology) please scroll down.
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This bowl had the following specific readings when tested with an XRF instrument:
Inside (food surface) of bowl:
- Lead (Pb): 61,800 +/- 1,900 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): 44 +/- 16 ppm
- Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
- Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
- Antimony (Sb): 161 +/-39 ppm
- Barium (Ba): Non-Detect / Negative
- Chromium (Cr): 1,895 +/- 170 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 284 +/- 38 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 1,798 +/- 122 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 3,825 +/- 361 ppm
- Vandium (V): Non-Detect / Negative
- Titanium (Ti): 779 +/- 105 ppm
- Platinum (Pt): Non-Detect / Negative
- Cobalt (Co): 581 +/- 152 ppm
Outside (non-food-surface) of bowl:
- Lead (Pb): 62,900 +/- 1,900ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): Non-Detect / Negative
- Mercury (Hg): Non-Detect / Negative
- Arsenic (As): Non-Detect / Negative
- Antimony (Sb): Non-Detect / Negative
- Chromium (Cr): Non-Detect / Negative
- Tin (Sn): Non-Detect / Negative
- Zinc (Zn): 76 +/- 33 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 1,257 +/- 227 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): Non-Detect / Negative
- Vandium (V): 129 +/- 41 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 231 +/- 60 ppm
- Platinum (Pt): Non-Detect / Negative
- Cobalt (Co): Non-Detect / Negative
Learn more about XRF instruments and XRF testing here and here.
For safer choices for your family, please check out THIS post and THIS post!
#SimpleSolution: Frame this in a shadow box with a note on the back about how you came to have it (who gave it to you) and a note in the inside of the shadow box warning anyone who opens the box that it is high Lead and should not be used for food-use purposes. Hang your shadow box on the wall. It’s a lovely piece of art actually!
These are available for sale on Amazon* (LINK) but I encourage you to NOT purchase these as I have never tested a set that was either Lead-safe or Lead-free.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you for reading and for sharing my posts!
Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama
Laura says
January 6, 2019 at 10:01 amI feel sick to my stomach, yet grateful for your work. I have these dishes, they were mine as a child and now I have been using them to serve food to my 4 and 2 year old. So so so upsetting. 🙁 Thank you for raising awareness.