Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Made to remember the Revolutionary War, this 1804 Liverpool Pitcher arrived in America as ship ballast.
This particular pitcher, now at the State Historical Society of Iowa, was used in Wadham Mills, New York, by a man named Jesse Braman. His son, Oscar, and Oscar’s wife brought the pitcher to Iowa in 1864.
Artifact Iowa tells Iowa’s story through real objects from Iowa’s past. Each episode will center on a single artifact to unpack the larger human story behind it - revealing moments of innovation, resilience, creativity and change that define our state’s history. iowapbs.org/artifactiowa
Made to remember the Revolutionary War, this 1804 Liverpool Pitcher arrived in America as ship ballast.
This particular pitcher, now at the State Historical Society of Iowa, was used in Wadham Mills, New York, by a man named Jesse Braman. His son, Oscar, and Oscar’s wife brought the pitcher to Iowa in 1864.
Artifact Iowa tells Iowa’s story through real objects from Iowa’s past. Each episode will center on a single artifact to unpack the larger human story behind it - revealing moments of innovation, resilience, creativity and change that define our state’s history. iowapbs.org/artifactiowa
