Published: Saturday – October 22, 2022
XRF test results for the porcelain tea set pictured are below.
Some additional links with information for folks new to this site or wanting to do a deeper dive on this subject:
- The “Miniature Tea Set” category here on the website – there are only two posts in this category today but this will be updated shortly.
- This link discusses the testing methodology used for the levels reported here on this website.
- The “Vintage Toy” category of posts and articles here on this site.
- To see more miniatures that we have tested and reported on, click here.
- To see some more modern toys with test results here on the website, click here.
This tea set is safe by all current / modern standards (specifically the standards restricting the use of toxicants / toxic metals in items intended for use by children.)
Reading #1) On the blue area on the tea cup
60-second reading
- Lead (Pb): 15 +/- 7 ppm (safe by all standards)
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Tin (Sn): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Selenium (Se): non-detect
- Barium (Ba): 2,163 +/- 278 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Antimony (Sb): non-detect
- Nickel (Ni): 276 +/- 28 ppm
- Copper (Cu): 64 +/- 24 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 56 +/- 15 ppm
- Manganese (Mn): non-detect
- Zirconium (Zr): non-detect
- Niobium (Nb): non-detect
- Indium (In):non-detect
- Iron (Fe): 2,216 +/- 100 ppm
- Platinum (Pt): non-detect
- Cobalt (Co): non-detect
- Bismuth (Bi): 102 +/- 12 ppm
- No other metals detected in consumer goods mode
Reading #2) On the plain white of the tea cup
60-second reading
- Lead (Pb): 19 +/- 11 ppm (safe by all standards)
- Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
- Tin (Sn): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Selenium (Se): non-detect
- Barium (Ba): 2,080 +/- 456 ppm
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Antimony (Sb): non-detect
- Nickel (Ni): non-detect
- Copper (Cu): non-detect
- Zinc (Zn): non-detect
- Manganese (Mn): non-detect
- Zirconium (Zr): non-detect
- Niobium (Nb): non-detect
- Indium (In):non-detect
- Iron (Fe): 1,721 +/- 126 ppm
- Platinum (Pt): non-detect
- Cobalt (Co): non-detect
- Bismuth (Bi): 100 +/- 17 ppm
- No other metals detected in consumer goods mode
Reading #3) On the plain white of the dish
60-second reading
- Lead (Pb): 17 +/- 8 ppm (safe by all standards)
- Cadmium (Cd): 9 +/- 4 ppm
- Tin (Sn): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Selenium (Se): non-detect
- Barium (Ba): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Antimony (Sb): non-detect
- Iron (Fe): 2,223 +/- 155 ppm
- Platinum (Pt): 42 +/- 27 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 70 +/- 10 ppm
- No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.
Reading #4) On the blue area of the dish
60-second reading
- Lead (Pb): 20 +/- 8 ppm (safe by all standards)
- Cadmium (Cd): 14 +/- 5 ppm
- Tin (Sn): non-detect
- Mercury (Hg): non-detect
- Selenium (Se): non-detect
- Barium (Ba): non-detect
- Chromium (Cr): non-detect
- Antimony (Sb): 24 +/- 11 ppm
- Nickel (Ni): 173 +/- 64 ppm
- Zinc (Zn): 25 +/- 12 ppm
- Niobium (Nb): 274 +/- 17 ppm
- Indium (In): 20 +/- 6 ppm
- Iron (Fe): 5,085 +/- 232 ppm
- Platinum (Pt): 45 +/- 29 ppm
- Cobalt (Co): 5,461 +/- 209 ppm
- Bismuth (Bi): 98 +/- 11 ppm
- No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.
For those new to this website
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. Her work was also responsible for two CPSC product recalls in the summer of 2022, the Jumping Jumperoo recall (June 2022) and the Lead painted NUK baby bottle recall (July 2022) and was featured in an NPR story about Lead in consumer goods in August of 2022. 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 and reported on. Please click through to this link to learn more about the testing methodology used for the test results discussed and reported on this website.
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