Vintage etched crystal wine goblet
There is no brand or maker’s mark on this goblet. There are more photos with details of this goblet below the test results, so please scroll down. If you have any information that might help identify the brand or design (or year made!) for this piece, please do let me know. Thank you! Given the etched glass and fine detail work (with the floral elements) – I would put this in the 1945 to 1960 time frame (educated guess for the period of manufacture.) If I needed to give a more specific range, I would guess late-1950s.
XRF test results for the vintage wine goblet pictured:
- Lead (Pb): 136,500 +/- 8,300 ppm
- Bromine (Br): 500 +/- 105 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 117 +/- 71 ppm
- Zinc (Zn); 14,400 +/ 900 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 1,305+/- 696 ppm
- Chlorine (Cl): 5,626 +/- 3,256 ppm
Some additional reading that may be of interest:
- More Leaded crystal items I have tested.
- My overview post about the concerns for Leaded crystal.
- My post about the testing methodologies used and reported on here on this blog.
- My post listing most of the Leaded crystal items reported on here on the blog.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for reading and for sharing my posts.
Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama
Is lead-free crystal really lead free? Any tests on those items please? I recently purchased lead-free crystal glasses RCR CRISTALLERIA ITALIANA and even though they say lead-free was wondering if its 100% lead free. Does lead-free crystal have also other metals or chemicals (what they use instead of lead these days) or is it as safe as regular clear glasses? Thanks!
https://www.rcrcrystal.com/en/ecocrystal/
This is a princess house lead crystal glass. The etching pattern was one of their most popular. My mom sold them in the 80’s and I have a whole china cabinet full of them and of the blown glass from princess house. It’s a family heirloom but we also have a family “heirloom” of Alzheimer’s. I don’t even know what to do now!
Thanks for this information. I would throw them all in the trash if I were you (and make sure they are fully smashed – so someone doesn’t try to use them in the future.) More on that here: https://tamararubin.com/2019/12/what-should-i-do-with-my-lead-contaminated-dishes-to-toss-or-not-to-toss/
Tamara