Glass eye

[Jib]

When a eye is lost it's eay enough to just wear a patch. But what about glass eyes? When did they firs appear?

[Red Maria]

I remember a booth at the California International Antiquarian Book Fair had a case with glass eyes. All difernt colors and shade so a person could match eye shade perfectly or tonear perfect as possible. I seem to recall it was mid-19th century. Inever asked how early glass eyes were. BTW there was a pair of late 17th-early 18th century spectacles at the booth. Too expensive for me though.

Sorry for not having a better answer.

[greenighs]

History of glass eyes. I know that before WWII, glass eyes were mostly made by German glass blowers, who would travel around to fulfill orders in both Europe and the U.S. But this site has instances of glass eyes from Egyptian and rennaisance days, too.

I have a few glass eyes, myself, just as a curiosity.