[Earthenware and lead poisoning. Description of a case]

A case of acute lead poisoning caused by drinking wine that had been kept in a decorative amphora is reported. Chomico-physical analysis of the internal surface of the recipient evidenced a layer of lead paint very soluble in wine. It is hoped that this report will draw the attention of the practising physician and Preventive Medicine Departments to this unusual cause of saturnism. The craft production of earthenware recipients that have been inadequately glazed and their improper use as containers of drings of foods could be commoner than might be thought on the basis of the sporadic reporting of such cases of lead poisoning.