Tonquin Royal Staffordshire Dinnerware (with brown floral pattern) by Clarice Cliff: 48,100 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids).
XRF test results for the dish (Made in England) pictured:
60-second test
XRF test results for the dish (Made in England) pictured:- Lead (Pb): 48,100 +/- 1,400 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 5,335 +/- 183 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 1,752 +/- 196 ppm
- No other metals detected.
As always, thank you for reading and for sharing my posts. Please let me know if you have any questions and I will do my best to answer them personally as soon as I have a moment.
Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama
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We have the mulberry color of this same brand/pattern. Is that likely to be unsafe too? It’s over 50 years old.
Never even thought of the lead factor. Grateful your post came up in a different search.
I’ve let my children drink cocoa from the tea cups in this set. I was completely ignorant of the lead risk. Should I have the children tested for lead?
I personally would get them tested, especially if they have not been tested recently.
Please read this – How Often to Get Your Kiddo Tested
https://tamararubin.com/2024/06/when-should-babies-be-tested-for-lead-how-often-should-babies-be-tested-for-lead/
And this – What I should do if I have an Incidental (Incident-Based) Lead Exposure:
https://tamararubin.com/2021/07/im-concerned-that-my-child-may-have-just-inhaled-potentially-leaded-fireworks-fumes-what-should-i-do/
And this – Can this object poison me?
https://tamararubin.com/2021/06/but-is-this-dish-or-toy-or-lamp-or-vitamin-or-piece-of-jewelry-or-tibetan-brass-singing-bowl-actually-going-to-poison-me-and-how-would-that-happen-exactly/
I would also consider taking the 92 minutes to watch my film – it’s a good background on the subject:
You may also find this article helpful:
https://tamararubin.com/2017/01/symptoms/
This might also be helpful:
https://tamararubin.com/2021/12/my-childs-lead-test-came-back-as/