US$ 37.99
pictured in the vegetable garden of her home in Putney
posed standing
London 1958
View with figures in the foreground
Making coloured glass eyeballs Size:M: 75 x 60cm pictured in the vegetable gardenMaking coloured glass eyeballs, c1914 c1918. Master craftsmen use cut glass and enamel to make glass eyes for soldiers who lost their eyes in the First World War. A bulb of glass is blown and colour applied (top left); the eyes are baked and the colours set (top right); the eyeball is cut to fit (bottom left); the finished article is carefully polished (bottom right).