OpenGlyph — Catalogue of the American Public DomainJurisdiction: United StatesRev. 2026.08
Images / art

Two archives, queried live.

Every record below comes from The Met or Smithsonian Open Access and was filtered on that archive’s own rights field before it reached this page. 23 shown for “Band with Vegetal Motif” — 64 records examined, 4 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 13:22 UTC · fetched live for this request

Object
Public domainThe Met’s isPublicDomain field is true for this object.
CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian’s metadata_usage.access reads CC0 — a waiver, not an expired term.
Not shownAnything failing its archive’s rights field is dropped server-side and never appears here.
Band with Vegetal Motif

Band with Vegetal Motif

Artist not stated in the record · 6th–9th century

Public domainThe Met
Sampler

Sampler

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of vases

Pair of vases

Artist not stated in the record · mounts ca. 1760–70, porcelain early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a ceiling, by Robert de Cotte, French, 1656–1735

Design for a ceiling

Robert de Cotte, French, 1656–1735 · ca. 1730

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with Central Fish Motif

Bowl with Central Fish Motif

Artist not stated in the record · 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Écuelle, by Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783

Écuelle

Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783 · 1748

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Richly Decorated Tunic

Richly Decorated Tunic

Artist not stated in the record · 660–870 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)

Public domainThe Met
Fragment

Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · 6th–7th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Artist not stated in the record · 12th–early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Frieze, by Howell and Brothers, 1835 – 1900

Frieze

Howell and Brothers, 1835 – 1900 · 1880–1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta vessel fragment with floral motif and band

Terracotta vessel fragment with floral motif and band

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1600–1450 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Frieze, by W.H. Mairs & Co., 1855

Frieze

W.H. Mairs & Co., 1855 · 1905–1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with Red and Black Vegetal Motifs

Bowl with Red and Black Vegetal Motifs

Artist not stated in the record · 10th century

Public domainThe Met
Alternative Designs for a Metal Gate

Alternative Designs for a Metal Gate

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pierced Blue Pot with Animals and Vegetal Scroll

Pierced Blue Pot with Animals and Vegetal Scroll

Artist not stated in the record · last quarter 11th or 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Ornament Design with Fish Motif, from Livre des Legumes [Series of Vegetable Ornament], pl. 16 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750

Ornament Design with Fish Motif, from Livre des Legumes [Series of Vegetable Ornament], pl. 16 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750 · 1748

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Palma with textile motif, by Classic Veracruz artist(s)

Palma with textile motif

Classic Veracruz artist(s) · 800–1100 CE

Public domainThe Met
Fragment

Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · 4th–5th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription

Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription

Artist not stated in the record · early 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Jar

Jar

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with Eagle, by Muslim Ibn al-Dahhan

Bowl with Eagle

Muslim Ibn al-Dahhan · ca. 1000

Public domainThe Met
Mask

Mask

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1900

Public domainThe Met
Border

Border

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
What was queried

Where these records came from.

Two archives are wired, and only two. Each one is filtered on its own rights field — never on a title match, and never on the presence of an image file.

  • The Met Collection API (Open Access)Rights field: isPublicDomain. 1060 matched · 24 examined · 4 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.12 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 273972 matched · 40 examined · 0 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.12 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-03 13:22 UTC, during this request. A completed pass is kept for 24 hours and replayed for an identical search, which is what keeps repeated queries inside Smithsonian’s 30-requests-per-hour allowance. A pass in which either archive failed to answer is never kept — an outage must not be replayed as though it were a finding about the catalogue.

Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress are deliberately not wired. Wikimedia was confirmed, on a live query, to return CC-BY material inside the same result set as genuine public domain works, and filtering it safely has not been designed yet. loc.gov was blocked by bot detection during the source evaluation, so its rights vocabulary has never been observed — and nothing here is built on a field nobody has read.

An image file is a rights claim. It never travels without its field.