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microwave  crn May 18, 2011 06:49 PM  I have 4 bowls that I am
sure are stoneware (safe in micro?). But they get extremely hot
in the micro. They are colored red. Would that have any effect?
Someone said that the paint might have lead. Would lead being in
the paint affect me? And how can I find out if there is lead in
the paint?    1. Candy May 31, 2011 09:19 AM      Stoneware is
not porcelain. Porcelain and bone china are close cousins. Bone
china, the whitest and most durable, suprisingly, is bone china.
They are both produced from hard paste clay and bone china has
had bone (animal) ash added to the clay for durability and the
pure white color. Porcelain when compared side by side to bone
china will look slightly grey unless it has been glazed to
appear pure white. Fine china also falls into this group thing
Lenox. It is glazed to a creamy color.      True stoneware is
made from a different clay and is of course, thicker and
heavier. It is fire