![]() One thing I have found very interesting about Mikasa is that many of their designs are plain white, or otherwise what folks might consider “ simple“, but most of these simple designs do, in fact, ( when tested with an XRF instrument) test positive for very high levels of Lead in the glaze. ![]() Since the pieces are not dated, I am not sure how old some of the examples are (and if you have information to help date any of the patterns, please let me know!) As a rule, the older they are, the higher the Lead levels - with the highest Lead levels in Mikasa pieces I have tested so far being examples from 1990 to 2000. Out of THIRTEEN Mikasa examples currently on the Lead Safe Mama blog, only two are in the Lead-safe range the rest are mostly very high Lead.
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