On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 00:01:57 -0600, "Polly Esther"
> wrote:

>
>My cake cover dome thing is thin pitiful plastic and I'm thinking I'd really
>enjoy having a beautiful crystal cover for cake display/temporary (very).
>To save bothering you all, I really did look around about the dangers of
>lead crystal and killing off myself and family and friends. Too much
>information and too confusing on the search. I'm just not bright enough to
>evaluate the difference in the dangers of lead crystal decanters (not the
>issue anyway) and the safety of a cake cover. Please help. Polly

For a cake dish I don't think leaded glass poses a problem but it does
for drinking glasses... leaded crystal is no long manufactured in the
US. If you have fancy leaded crystal I suggest you use it for display
only.