by capillary attraction to provide a drag or damping force during rotation of the eyeball between limit positions the manufacture and assembly of doll eyes in accordance with the present invention is simple and economical for example a predetermined measured quantity of the viscous damping fluid 38 is simply metered into the journal pocket in the housing and thereafter the eyeball and cover are assembled in place in the usual manner there is shown in fig6 9 another embodiment of single doll eye assembly incorporating a damping arrangement of the present invention as illustrated the doll eye assembly includes a cup shaped housing 40 adapted to seat in socket openings in the head of the doll the assembly further includes a pivotally mounted eyeball 44 and a cover 46 with an oval shaped opening 48 having a peripheral flange 50 which seats in a circumferentially extending groove 52 in the outer terminal edge of the housing the eyeball 44 comprises a forward section 44a and a weighted rearward section 44b in the present instance the damping system includes a damper arm 60 having an elongated shaft 62 which is mounted in a fixed non rotatable position in the housing 40 and to this end the outer terminal end of the shaft has a flat which engages in a complementary.