![1960s Purple Enamelware Ashtray: 601,600 ppm Lead [more than 60%!] + 11,100 ppm Cadmium [This was my mother’s].](https://tamararubin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Vintage-1960s-Enameware-Purple-Ash-Tray-Lead-Safe-Mama-3-768x576.jpg)
1960s Purple Enamelware Ashtray: 601,600 ppm Lead [more than 60%!] + 11,100 ppm Cadmium [This was my mother’s].
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This is just ONE reason that I don’t like enamelware. I have enormous sentimental attachment to this particular piece because it reminds me both of my mother and my childhood. It reminds me of all the craft fairs that we used to go to when I was young (where we would sell my mother’s pottery)…