Pottery Considerations

Bauer Dinnerware, like most colorful dinnerware made before the Second World War, utilized lead in many of its glaze colors as an opacifier (an opaque mask added to the glaze to give a fuller look to the finish and to help hide the underlying bisque layer.) Additionally, the beautiful red-orange glazing that is one of the signature colors of the Bauer line owes its brilliance to Uranium.

Not all Bauer dinnerware is affected, in fact both lead and uranium were not available during the much of the 1940's due to wartime restrictions.

The following Link is an article that discusses in detail the risks and safe use of lead glazed pottery, it is well worth reading.

A REPRINT FROM FDA CONSUMER MAGAZINE