decorative plates

[shirt]

are they safe to eat from? if not can i coat them in something so that i can?

i really fancy putting together my own dinner service from naff elvis/diana type stuff from ebay.

[Simpo Two]

I have the 'Spitfire Coming Home' plate, and it says on the back:

'Art object, precious metal pigments may be toxic, do not use for eating or serving food'.

[shirt]

is that gold paint?

those are out of the question then, but how about just normal painted ones?

[Simpo Two]

This is just a colour print of a painting, not gold or silver. Hence I suppose the issue is that pigments and glaze etc that they use are not 'food standard'.

However perhaps it's just one of those back-covering nanny-state statements and you may be fine, I dont know.