Vintage curio box with R and Rooster on brass lid: 205 ppm Lead in the lid (90 ppm & up is unafe for kids.)

XRF test results for the box pictured…

Reading #1) Brass lid of box
60-second reading

• Lead (Pb): 205 +/- 30 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): non-detect
• Iron (Fe): 344 +/- 39 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 96 +/- 46 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 843,200 +/- 500 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 155,000 +/- 400 ppm
• Niobium (Nb): 548 +/- 32 ppm
• Indium (In): 23 +/- 11 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 121 +/- 17 ppm
• Bismuth (Bi): 156 +/- 27 ppm
• No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.

Reading #1) Black bottom of box
40-second reading

• Lead (Pb): 113 +/- 47 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): 272 +/- 60 ppm
• Manganese (Mn): 3,053 +/- 165 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 988,500 +/- 600 ppm
• Cobalt (Co): 3,478 +/- 495 ppm
• Nickel (Ni): 617 +/- 186 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 2,383 +/- 154 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 90 +/- 37 ppm
• Niobium (Nb): 333 +/- 36 ppm
• Molybdenum (Mo): 760 +/- 62 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 253 +/- 22 ppm
• No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.

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Tamara Rubin is a Federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. Tamara’s sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in August of 2005. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. Tamara uses XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) to test consumer goods for toxicants (specifically heavy metals), including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Antimony and Arsenic. All test results reported on this website are science-based, accurate and replicable. Items are tested multiple times to confirm the test results for each component tested. Please click through to this link to learn more about the testing methodology used for the test results discussed and reported on this website.