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Brown “Blue Willow” vintage dish (no maker’s mark): 23,700 +/- 600 ppm Lead. 90 ppm (& up) is unsafe for kids.

Red “Blue Willow” Willow Ware by Royal China dish: 18,400 ppm Lead. 90 ppm (& up) is unsafe for kids.

Tonquin Royal Staffordshire Dinnerware (with brown floral pattern) by Clarice Cliff: 48,100 ppm Lead (90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids).

Ovenproof “Stetson Creation” vintage bowl w/ “hand painted underglaze”: 57,500 ppm Lead on the food surface. 90 ppm & up is unsafe for kids.

Vintage Nasco Valley Forge porcelain bowl (made in Japan): 21 ppm Lead on the food surface (safe by all standards)

Vintage Made-In-U.S.A. Jadeite green Fire-King small glass bowl: 20 ppm Lead (safe by all standards).

Antique blue milk glass small pitcher with handle: 161 ppm Lead (not a concerning amount in a decorative item likely used as a vase)

Vintage Fenton White Milk Glass Hobnail Fan Vase: 136 ppm Lead (not particularly alarming for a vase).

Vintage dining table w/ faux-wood surface: tested positive for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury & Antimony! Do you have a table like this?

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Vintage smoking pipe: 164 ppm Lead in the black plastic “shank” (the part that goes in the smoker’s mouth!)

Vintage / antique (pharmacy type) white ceramic mortar and pestle: non-detect for Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic, Mercury and Antimony.

Vintage Stoneybrook International China Rushwood Pattern: 12,100 ppm Lead on the food surface.

Vintage Old Brook Collection Stoneware Stonecastle ceramic dish: 31 ppm Lead (Lead-safe by all standards).

Vintage International China Statastone Verte Pattern: as high as 2,701 ppm Lead on the food surface (Cadmium + Antimony too!)

More good news! (Not everything vintage has Lead!) Vintage wooden chair: non-detect for Lead, Mercury & Arsenic.

Vintage (Y2K) Walt Disney World Mickey Mouse Animal Kingdom pressed glass drinking cup: 949 ppm Cadmium (causes cancer)

Vintage (1993!) McDonald’s glass Pre-Dawn Flintstones mug. I was so happy to confirm these are Lead-free!

Metal tin decorated with glass beads and mirrors: 138 ppm Mercury, 38 ppm Lead & 25 ppm Cadmium. Not a good fidget for kids.

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“Valentine Love” square dish (Made in China): 17,200 ppm Lead on the food surface of the dish. 90 ppm is unsafe for kids.

222 Fifth “Hotel Les Etoiles Paris” Mug: logo markings on bottom test positive for Lead, Cadmium + Arsenic.

Small unmarked white porcelain bowl: 83 ppm Lead (safe by all standards).