On the food surface of the dish:
On the food surface of the dish:- Lead (Pb): 24,300 +/- 800 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 41 +/- 18 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 2,581 +/- 136 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 950 +/- 198 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 6,263 +/- 435 ppm
On the gold back logo mark of the dish:
- Lead (Pb): 23,200 +/- 800 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 169 +/- 56 ppm
- Silver (Ag): 43 +/- 8 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 52 +/- 19 ppm
- Gold (Au): 3,336 +/-196 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 2,468 +/- 136 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 1,049 +/- 207 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 6,221 +/- 442 ppm
As always, thank you for reading and for sharing my posts. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama
I’m so sorry I’m just not understanding this.
I have Borghese by Mikasa, I could not find out anything about this China. Mine is white with silver trim, dishes, cups etc.
Do you know if this has lead? If so I will have to dispose of it, where.
Thank you for your time, this is a wonderful website.
Christine
Hi!
I just inherited a set of the Mikasa Bone China/White Silk from my mom. She loved it. It was from her second marriage. Can you share where you sent that china for testing? I would like to learn more before deciding what to do going forward.
Thank you!
Gretchen Neve
Chicago
Gretchen– Tamara does all the testing by herself, using the standard methods/instruments. You can read more here: https://tamararubin.com/2016/12/ask-tamara-what-do-you-use-to-test-for-lead/
Any idea if a plain white Mikasa dish set (I believe it may be the delray set) would test positive for lead? Can it be tested with the lumetallix kit? Trying so hard to make our kitchen lead free without going broke thanks for all you do!
It depends on the age. What’s the year of manufacture?
T
Well, since the original poster hasn’t replied, I have Mikasa Ultima in Antique White, manufactured in 2010 or 2011.
Gretchen here. Thanks for the response!
The Mikasa White Silk Bone China I have doesn’t have a date on the back. There are these numbers though: A 7050
Also words that look like “Narumi – Japan”
If you have any information/research on that set of Mikasa’s I would be really grateful to learn what you know.
Thank you!
The mark on the dishes is same as in the photograph above.
Mom got her full set of new china when she married – that was 1982. The dishes were likely purchased in 1982 or 1983.