I am certainly not even close to an expert but out of curiosity I went to
EBAY to take a look. It reminds me a lot of the pottery that used to have
lead in the glaze. It also appears to be earthware. I would NOT use the
antique ones to eat or cook out of. If on the other hand you are buying
reproductions out of a U.S. cooking catalog then it should be food safe and
they should tell you if it is oven and microwave safe. If it does not say
as much, then I would not use it for that purpose. Take my comments only
for what it is worth. Just my point of view.


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Sorry, I have never posted here, (you can find me on rec.guns more
often!) :-) but saw my wife looking at some of this stuff online.
I grabbed her copy of "baker's catalog" and also see that someone is
selling a ton of it on E-bay this week, but have not seen any of it
before. At first glance the colors would go beautifully with what
she has and I think she would really like not. Not so kitchy as the
Polish pottery. I was wondering if anybody has used it and if so
what can you tell me? Is it generally microwave and oven safe, etc?
Do you like it? Would it make a good gift from a husband?