Cut crystal salt shaker: 15,100 ppm Lead + 1,502 ppm Antimony. What kind of salt shaker do you have?

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Salt Shaker Test Results

When tested with an XRF instrument this vintage crystal salt shaker had the following readings:

Crystal base of the shaker:

• Lead (Pb): 11,500  +/- 300 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 2,628 +/- 125 ppm
• Antimony (Sb): 1,502 +/-63 ppm
• Bromine (Br): 64 +/- 7 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 4,582 +/- 179 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 353 +/- 135 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 74 +/- 36 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 733 +/- 70 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 1,573 +/- 123 ppm

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Glass lid of the shaker:
(I thought this was plastic initially!)

• Lead (Pb): 15,100  +/- 300 ppm
• Antimony (Sb): 115 +/-16 ppm
• Selenium (Se): 59 +/- 13 ppm
• Bromine (Br): 93 +/- 6 ppm
• Gold (Au): 130 +/- 30 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 51 +/- 15 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 320 +/- 92 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 61 +/- 27 ppm
• Vanadium (V): 117 +/- 26 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 250 +/- 40 ppm

Each component was tested for a minimum of 60-seconds for each (repeated) test to make sure to report the most accurate possible reading. 

I will update this post with more information shortly, but in the meantime  – please read some of the other posts I have written to better understand the test results reported on this website.

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Additional reading you may find interesting:

• To see more Salt & Pepper shakers I have tested, click here.
• To see more vintage items I have tested, click here.
• To see more crystal items I have tested, click here.

As always – thank you for reading and for sharing my posts.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama