Harris said the primary reason for the artificial eyeball would not have been medical.

"She could have worn a patch, but perhaps her family wanted her to look her best for public appearances," he explained.

Damn the wealthy!! I'm sure all the other girls back then would have wanted the fake eye too.

Gives a new meaning to the old phrase, I will keep a eye out for ya!

markings that suggest the woman developed an abscess in her eyelid due to frequent contact with the object.

Perhaps the abscess killed her.

Ah, what price beauty?