No. 18779675

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Titanic head
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365 weeks ago

Titanic head

Having been exposed in a museum in Spain, this doll head taken of the Atlantic Ocean floor is for sale now. Media from around the world (press, radio and television) echoed this discovery. A descriptive note of the finding is included: A sailor of company Argenbel (Maritima Argentinian ad Belgian Societ) for 40 years. On an expedition in the waters of the Atlantic in 1977, he rescued this doll head from the nets. It was 2,000 meters deep. He used to recount his strange feeling that night when he was fishing tuna in the cold waters of the ocean. He was checking the nets and suddenly ‘something’ rolled. He had kicked it because he thought it was a stone... He couldn’t sleep. He went up on deck and went towards it. Then he realised it was a head, not a rock. He left it aside and continued working. Once he was at home, he cleaned the corals and seaweed from the head and looked after it with great affection for the rest of his life until he died in 1992. The porcelain head belongs to this mould: Shoenau & Hoffmeister 1906. This is an uncommon mould. It’s a great coincidence that it is the same doll head that a passenger of sunken liner Titanic had. • The manufacture is from the same period. It’s the 1906 model, made in those days. • Being a circular object, it could move easily through the sea currents. • After detailed studies, there are no news of other passenger ships wrecks in that area, with the exception of the Lusitania three years later. The rest have been warships. • After conducting a detailed study on the passengers who could have dolls on the Titanic, we found two passengers who, even belonging to families of certain purchasing level, travelled in second class: Eva Hart and Marjorie Collyer. Regarding Marjorie’s doll, there is photographic evidence and references in her travel notes. This doll was reportedly found by one of the expeditions to the shipwreck. Today we have no news of that head. But Eva’s doll head never appeared and this mould is just the same that she carries in the photo. Seven-year-old Eva had this doll when she embarked and carried it those few days of crossing until the wreck. The doll was lost in the sinking. Eva (1905-1996) always referred to that lost doll until her death. In the photograph, Eva with her doll. The same mould of this head found in 1977, after nearly 70 years in the sea. (After a detailed study of the photograph, the girl carries a SHOENAU AND HOFFMEISTER. This mould was created in 1906 and sold for some years during the first decade of the last century). (Documents included in the memoirs of Eva Hart. In her book Shadow of the Titanic – A Survivor's Story she refers to the existence of the doll during the crossing). The mystery will always be there. We still have the respect and affection for a doll that made a girl happy. (You can find this piece of news in written press and visual media. It was spread by Agencia EFE and echoed worldwide). This piece is unique and museum worthy. Therefore you will receive it with the rotating glass base with (220 W) light to exhibit it, the metal base to secure it and the wood chest.

No. 18779675

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Titanic head

Titanic head

Having been exhibited in a Museum in Spain, this doll head extracted from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean is offered today. Media from around the world, press, radio and television have echoed this discovery. A descriptive note of its extraction is added:


A sailor of the Argenbel company (Maritima Argentinian ad Belgian Societ) for 40 years. In an expedition in the waters of the Atlantic in 1977, rescued from the networks this wrist head which was 2000 meters deep.
He recounted the strange feeling that night when he was fishing tuna in the cold waters of the ocean, checking the nets, suddenly a "thing" rolled up after giving him a kick thinking it was a stone ... he could not sleep, he went out on deck. He went back to her and it was then that he realized that this was a head, not a rock, he put it aside and continued his work. When he got home, he cleaned her of the corals and seaweed and took great care of her for the rest of her life until her death in 1992.

The head made of porcelain corresponds to the mold: Shoenau & Hoffmeister 1906, and being an unusual mold, the coincidence of being the same doll head that carried a passenger of the transatlantic Titanic vanished.

• Its manufacture is contemporary since it is the 1906 model made at that time
• As it is a circular object, it has easily been able to navigate marine currents.
• After detailed studies there is no news of other wrecks of passenger ships in that area, with the exception of the Lusitania, three years later, the rest have been war shipmen.
• Carrying out a detailed study of the passengers who were able to carry dolls on the Titanic, we found two passengers who, even though they belonged to families with a purchasing level, traveled in second class, Eva Hart and Marjorie Collyer.
It is mentioned that Marjorie's doll, of which there is also a photographic document along with her notes of the trip, was found in one of the expeditions among the wreckage of the ship, at present if so, there is no news of said head, but the head of Eva's wrist, never appeared, and just this mold is the same that she carried.
Eva Hart, seven years old, she wore this doll when she boarded and carried her those few days of traverse until her shipwreck, the doll was lost in the shipwreck, Eva until her death, (1905-1996), always referred to that doll that he lost.

In the photograph, Eva with her doll, the same mold that this head found in 1977 after having remained almost 70 years at sea.
(After a detailed study of photography, the doll that the girl wears is a SHOENAU AND HOFFMEISTER, this mold was created in 1906 and was on sale for some years during the first decade of the last century. (Documentation included in the memoirs of the Mrs. Eva Hart in which she refers in her book The Shadow of the Itanic, Story of a survivor to the existence of her doll during the trip.

We will always have the mystery, there is only respect and affection for a doll that made a girl happy.

(you can find in the written and visual press the news made known through the EFE Agency, echoing it, all over the world)

It is a unique and worthy piece of a MUSEUM. For this reason it will be received with the revolving base of rotating glass with light (220w), for its exhibition, metal base for its support and wooden chest.

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