Mikasa Maxima Sorrento pattern cup and saucer: 21,200 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids) + 167 pm Cadmium.
Vintage Churchill “Made In England” Blue & White Ceramic Dish: 87,700 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids.)
Vintage Temporama dinner plate: 81,600 ppm Lead. For context: 90 ppm and up is unsafe in items intended for use by kids.
Unmarked vintage floral print saucer: 70,800 ppm Lead. For context: 90 ppm and up is unsafe in items intended for use by kids.
Corelle® recommends using their pre-2005 dishes as “decorative pieces” due to concerns of high Lead levels
Vintage Corelle Butterfly Gold glass plate: 18,700 ppm Lead on decorative pattern when tested with an XRF instrument
Does vintage and new functional pottery and dishware have unsafe levels of lead? Why is that a problem?
