c. 1967-1976 Royal Doulton Bunnykins Baby Bowl: 61,800 ppm Lead on the FOOD surface. [90 is unsafe for kids]

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.

Continue reading below the images.

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 

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