Click to see all the links to pieces I’ve written about silverware & utensils: Spoons, knives, forks, etc. (with XRF test results)
Vintage Winthrop silver plate Gerber Baby spoon: Lead-Free, 14.7% silver! This is safe for babies to use! Do you have one?
Sterling silver Wendell Manufacturing Co. baby spoon, c. 1895-1900: 1,677 ppm Lead in the handle. 90 is unsafe.
Tiny dark-blue enamel decorated spoon: 388,800 ppm Lead (90 ppm is unsafe for kids] & 1,117 ppm Cadmium (causes cancer.)
Vintage Tiny Collectable Rolex Bucherer of Switzerland Spoon: 975,000 ppm Silver (more pure than 925), no LEAD!