1960s

Vintage 1962 Milton Bradley Candy Land game board: 41 ppm Lead. Safe by all modern standards… but…

Haviland Chippendale bowl (Germany, c. 1960-70): 4,608 ppm Lead + 529 Arsenic. What style china do you have?

1961 P.D. Eastman’s “Go Dog Go?”: 131 ppm Lead + 11 ppm Arsenic! Are your kid’s books safe? Are they vintage?

Folks have been asking if Lead in vintage books is a real poisoning concern. Here’s my response.

1960 P.D. Eastman’s “Are You My Mother?”: 58 ppm Lead + 971 ppm Antimony! Are your kid’s books safe? Are they vintage?

1960 Book Club Edition Dr. Seuss’ “One fish two fish red fish blue fish”: 97 ppm Lead. Are your kid’s books safe?

1957-1969 Jewel by Lenox China – Made In USA: 146,700 ppm Lead in the glaze. 90 ppm is unsafe for kids.

c. 1970 Trenkle Alarm Clock (West Germany) – components as high as 22,400 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe for kids.]

1960s Sango brand (made in Japan) child’s teacup: 2,323 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe for kids] + 292 ppm Arsenic.

1960s Purple Enamelware Ashtray: 601,600 ppm Lead [more than 60%!] + 11,100 ppm Cadmium [This was my mother’s].

c. 1967-1976 Royal Doulton Bunnykins Baby Bowl: 61,800 ppm Lead on the FOOD surface (90 is unsafe for kids)

1966 Hardcover Book, “It’s Wonderful To Be In Love”: 387 ppm Lead

Vintage (c. 1938-1960) Ceramic Harlequin by Homer Laughlin Co. Fiesta Plate: 287,600 ppm Lead [90 ppm is unsafe].

#Leaded: 1963 Hardcover Printing of “Volume 14 of The American Heritage New Illustrated History Of The United States; The Roosevelt Era”

#Leaded: 1965 Great Detective Stories Hardcover Book

Vintage “Horizon Blue” Pattern Pyrex Casserole. c. 1969-1972: 72,000 ppm Lead [90 is unsafe for kids’ items.]

#LeadSafe: 1969 Hardy Boys Book

1966 Peter Pan ’45 of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: 3,777 ppm Lead