Gavin Stairs on thu 8 aug 02
Oh, Ron, let him drink out of it. Just don't let him STORE the wine in
it. I imagine he will drink fast enough to avoid getting lead
poisoning. Gavin
Editorial aside: Lead crystal is essentially a lead frit done up into a
glass. The lead makes the glass refract very nicely, so it has been a
favorite of glass-makers for centuries. {And of makers of fake jewels. If
anyone knows the origin of paste for this, I'd like to hear it. I imagine
it this way: make a lead frit, then powder it, add a binder to make a paste
(pate in french), mould and sinter to make a fake diamond.} So, the lead
crystal is a source of lead. If your crystal is etched around the water
line in your favorite decanter, then you may have been ingesting too much
lead. However, in my experience, lead crystal goblets remain bright and
clear after decades if not centuries of use, so I don't see too much danger
in drinking from them. I don't think its a good idea to wash them in a
dishwasher though, and it's certainly not a good idea to use crystal
containers as storage vessels, like a salad bowl or cruet set used to store
vinegar dressing, or a jam dish used to store Seville orange marmalade. Or
a decanter used to store a nice, dry claret. G
At 11:09 PM 08/08/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Mel - you are not allowed to drink wine out of lead crystal - if you do it
>I will find out - and you will hear me coming from far away.
>
>RR
>
> >i like wood, with wooden utensils.
> >seasoned with good olive oil.
> >
> >
> >i like crystal for wine.
> >and, love sterling silver.
> >
> >not all things should be made of clay.
> >mel
>
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Ron Roy on thu 8 aug 02
Mel - you are not allowed to drink wine out of lead crystal - if you do it
I will find out - and you will hear me coming from far away.
RR
>i like wood, with wooden utensils.
>seasoned with good olive oil.
>
>
>i like crystal for wine.
>and, love sterling silver.
>
>not all things should be made of clay.
>mel
Ron Roy
RR#4
15084 Little Lake Road
Brighton, Ontario
Canada
K0K 1H0
Phone: 613-475-9544
Fax: 613-475-3513
Steve Mills on sun 11 aug 02
In message , Gavin Stairs writes
>Oh, Ron, let him drink out of it. Just don't let him STORE the wine in
>it. I imagine he will drink fast enough to avoid getting lead
>poisoning. Gavin
>
>it's certainly not a good idea to use crystal
>containers as storage vessels, like a salad bowl or cruet set used to store
>vinegar dressing, or a jam dish used to store Seville orange marmalade. Or
>a decanter used to store a nice, dry claret. G
Claret STORED in a Decanter!!!!!!!!!!!! In our house Claret once opened
and allowed to breathe is then drunk (not swigged) in one session!
Sherry is *stored* in decanters (and that doesn't last long!)
Steve
Not so much under the affluence of incahol as many thinkle peep I am
in
Bath
UK
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Steve Mills
Bath
UK
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