Vintage eyes

 

This is 'Suzy'.

She dates from the early 1960's and her head has arrived so I can do something with her eyes.

Her eyes should open and close but both are seized up at odd angles.

She was a 'Drink and Wet' doll. One inserted a bottle of liquid into the hole in her mouth and the liquid eventually worked its way through her body to a hole in her bottom.

Out come her eyes.

There is rust, leaching plasticizer and gunk.

The eyes are dismantled.

Part of the problem seems to be a warped bit of plastic (the lower left piece)

This bit needs a good scrub!

I should have taken some more in between pictures but here she is with the eyes scrubbed and new eyelashes.

Suzy's head gets sent back to reunite with her body.