Tested for a Lead Safe Mama Instagram follower, Franciscan “Picnic” pattern dish, Made in USA: 108,300 ppm Lead on surface (not safe for use with food)
Vintage Cherry Pattern Scoop (possibly Franciscan): 237,000 ppm Lead (90 ppm Lead & up is considered unsafe)
Vintage Starburst pattern dishes: 83,000 ppm Lead. All Franciscan pieces are high Lead and I do not consider them food-safe!
Square orange Franciscan Potteries dish: 228,400 ppm Lead — 23% Lead in the glaze! (90 ppm is unsafe for kids)
1995 Franciscan Desert Rose China, Made in England: 47,800 ppm Lead on the food surface! 90 is unsafe for a child.
Do Franciscan Potteries vintage dishes have unsafe levels of lead? Does Mexican pottery that is marked lead-free have unsafe levels of lead? (video)
Franciscan Desert Rose Earthenware China — c. 1941, Made in USA: 122,200 ppm Lead! (90 ppm is unsafe in kids’ items)
