When tested with an XRF Instrument the dish pictured here had the following readings: Food-surface of the dish 60-second test: Lead (Pb): 23,700 +/- 600 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 13 +/- 6 ppm Chromium (Cr): 7,667 +/- 508 ppm Bismuth (Bi): 95 +/- 46 ppm Zinc (Zn): 3,600 +/- 130 ppm Copper (Cu): 73 +/- 35…
When tested with an XRF Instrument this dish had the following readings: On the food surface of the dish: 60-second test Lead (Pb): 18,400 +/- 500 ppm Cadmium (Cd): 16 +/- 7 ppm Barium (Ba): 158 +/- 43 ppm Bismuth (Bi): 131 +/- 45 ppm Tin (Sn): 494 +/- 26 ppm Zinc (Zn): 329 +/-…
XRF Test results for the dish pictured here. On a white section of the dish Chromium (Cr): 443 +/- 216 ppm Tin (Sn): 6,334 +/- 460 ppm Zinc (Zn): 1,673 +/- 312 ppm Iron (Fe): 713,900 +/- 46,000 ppm Bismuth (Bi): 144 +/- 73 ppm Titanium (Ti): 141,300 +/- 9,100 ppm Chlorine (Cl): 52,100 +/-…
When tested with an XRF instrument the bowl pictured here had the following readings: Lead (Pb): 44,200 +/- 1,100 ppm Barium (Ba): 419 +/- 76 ppm Tin (Sn): 277 +/- 27 ppm Zinc (Zn): 81 +/- 26 ppm Copper (Cu): 86 +/- 40 Iron (Fe): 1,417 +/- 191 ppm Vanadium (V): 553 +/- 63 ppm…
The markings on this piece are as follows: “Fine English Tableware” – Churchill – “Made in Staffordshire, England” To see more “Made In England” pieces I have tested, Click Here. To see more Blue Willow pieces I have tested, Click Here. The woman who sent me this bowl told me she purchase it at a Publix Supermarket…
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This is a (c. 1980) Johnson Bros. (“A Member Of The Wedgwood Group” – see image below of back mark) Willow Earthenware octagonal plate, made in England. As with this piece with the same back mark [link]. I have not been able to determine the exact age of the piece, based on the back mark alone. If…
This is a Johnson Bros. (“A Member Of The Wedgwood Group”) Willow Earthenware Pasta Bowl. I have not been able to determine the exact age of the piece based on the back mark. If you have information that could help me with that, please let me know. I would assume that since it does say…
This vintage Johnson Bros. blue Willow pattern shallow bowl/ saucer (made in England), was likely made after 1912 (based on the back mark, source.) Related: #AskTamara: What do you use to test for Lead? As with nearly all of the Willow pattern china I have tested, it was positive for very high (unsafe) levels of lead…
Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a multiple-Federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Since 2009, Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety…