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The Pear of Anguish. Torture museum in Lubusz Land Museum in Zielona Góra, Poland. The pear of anguish, also known as choke pear or mouth pear, is a device of disputed use invented in the early modern period. The mechanism consists of a pear-shaped metal body divided into spoon-like segments that can be spread apart with a spring or by turning ...
This is also known as the 'choke-pear', though it is far less marvellous and dangerous than the pear of Palioly." Though there is little or no evidence of its being used by bandits, there are a number of examples of ornate and elaborate, pear-shaped devices with three or four leaves or lobes, driven by turning a key that rotates the central ...
Possibly because of this idiom, the names "choke pear" and "pear of anguish" have been used for a gagging device allegedly used in Europe, sometime before the 17th century. [6] Dalechamps has identified this with the species of pear that Pliny the Elder listed as "ampullaceum" in his Naturalis Historia. [7]
Pear of anguish, a device found in some museums Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Choke pear .
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Pear Tree House, a civil defence control centre in London Choke pear (torture) , or Pear of Anguish, an implement of torture Province de L'Eglise Anglicane au Rwanda (PEAR), the French name for the Anglican Church of Rwanda
He tells of an exceptional pear-shaped pearl, which was brought back to Spain from Panama. It was found by an African slave in the Pearl Islands in 1513 and was turned over to Don Pedro de Temez, who was the administrator of Panama at the time. Temez later gifted the pearl to King Philip II of Spain (1527–1598). Later, in his testament, King ...
Pear and Sausage Stuffing. 2 (1-pound) rolls of pork sausage. 4 tablespoons butter. 1 yellow onion, chopped. 5 celery ribs, chopped. 10 to 12 cups dried bread cubes, see note. 1 teaspoon rubbed sage.