Saturday – October 10, 2020
Writing to you today from a cabin on a lake in a forest in MAINE!
Saturday – October 10, 2020 In an effort to get caught up on a few things I am behind on – I am going to post a handful of posts today with just the XRF readings for that item. IF you have additional questions about the item, please let me know. If you want to know more about the implications of any test results reported OR about the testing methodology I employ – please look through the posts in the menu (which is at the top of each page of the website and has posts that cover all aspects of what I do!) Thanks for being here!
Food surface of the dish – decorative elements:
60-second reading
- Lead (Pb): 6,626 +/- 205 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd): 63 +/- 9 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 1,185 +/- 68 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): 2,499 +/- 399 ppm
- Zirconium (Zr): 6,239 +/- 179 ppm
- Tin (Sn): 2,171 +/- 80 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 10,200 +/- 300 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 194 +/- 46 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 445 +/- 88 ppm
- Cobalt (Co): 1,314 +/- 148 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 4,077 +/- 288 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 5,406 +/- 451 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 5,186 +/- 533 ppm
Plain white on the food surface of the dish:
60-second reading
- Lead (Pb): 3,411 +/- 97 ppm
- Barium (Ba): 1,089 +/- 47 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 12,800 +/- 300 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 909 +/- 137 ppm
- Manganese (Mn): 476 +/- 211 ppm
- Vanadium (V): 3,871 +/- 297 ppm
- Titanium (Ti): 8,099 +/- 515 ppm
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Additional images of the item are below
I have a set of pasta bowls and serving bowls branded Villa Romana, “Hand Painted – Made in Italy”. They were purchased between 2000-2005 at a Sam’s Club Warehouse and are easily found online in auction/web searches. They are two shades of green with a painted-on white olive & leaf design. They are made of what I would call a more porous ceramic with a matte finish, though I can’t really tell if the white design is above or below any kind of clear glaze. They’ve been heavily used and have crazing to the surface. I’m concerned about lead because they are hand-painted and from Italy, but I haven’t been able to find out anything about them. I’ve looked through the posts of “Hand Painted Italy” on your site and did not see them or any comments related to the brand. Any thoughts?
I generally avoid all ceramics from Italy for food use purposes (in the absence of testing.)
T
Thank you.