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Rare 1830s luxury condom featuring naughty nun goes on display

Ellsworth Toohey
Jun 05, 2025
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Anonymous, Condom with print, c. 1830. Acquired through the F.G. Waller Fonds. Photo: Rijksmuseum/Kelly Schenk

Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum has a spunky new artifact that's sure to give visitors a rise: a 7.9 inches, mint-condition 1830s condom featuring a naughty nun getting frisky with three clergymen.

This luxury sheep-gut prophylactic is basically the 19th…

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