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. 24 shown for “Bowl Decorated in the 'Beveled Style'” — 64 records examined, 18 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 10:29 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.
Helmet with Aventail

Helmet with Aventail

Artist not stated in the record · late 15th–16th century

Public domainThe Met
Portrait Miniature Mirror with Pouch

Portrait Miniature Mirror with Pouch

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Turban Helmet

Turban Helmet

Artist not stated in the record · late 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Footed bowl

Footed bowl

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1880

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl Decorated in the 'Beveled Style'

Bowl Decorated in the 'Beveled Style'

Artist not stated in the record · 10th century

Public domainThe Met
Sugar Bowl (Sucrier), by Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1740 - 1756

Sugar Bowl (Sucrier)

Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1740 - 1756 · 1754

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Turban Helmet

Turban Helmet

Artist not stated in the record · 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Sugar Bowl and Stand, from a Dessert Service (Sucrier et son Plateau), by Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1725 - ca. 1789

Sugar Bowl and Stand, from a Dessert Service (Sucrier et son Plateau)

Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1725 - ca. 1789 · ca. 1735

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of Doors Carved in the 'Beveled Style'

Pair of Doors Carved in the 'Beveled Style'

Artist not stated in the record · 9th century

Public domainThe Met
Decagonal Slop Bowl, from the Royal Collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, Dresden, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Decagonal Slop Bowl, from the Royal Collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, Dresden

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · 1729–1731

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Turban Helmet

Turban Helmet

Artist not stated in the record · late 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Kenzan-style food bowl with design of pine trees, by Style of Ogata Kenzan 尾形 乾山 (1663-1743)

Kenzan-style food bowl with design of pine trees

Style of Ogata Kenzan 尾形 乾山 (1663-1743) · mid 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Turban Helmet

Turban Helmet

Artist not stated in the record · late 15th–16th century

Public domainThe Met
Serving bowl with Kenzan style decoration, unknown Kyoto workshop, by Style of Ogata Kenzan 尾形 乾山 (1663-1743)

Serving bowl with Kenzan style decoration, unknown Kyoto workshop

Style of Ogata Kenzan 尾形 乾山 (1663-1743) · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Turban Helmet

Turban Helmet

Artist not stated in the record · 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Sugar Bowl with Battle Scenes (Bataillen-Malerei), by Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763

Sugar Bowl with Battle Scenes (Bataillen-Malerei)

Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763 · 1870–1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Turban Helmet

Turban Helmet

Artist not stated in the record · late 15th century–1st quarter 16th century

Public domainThe Met
"Medallion" Pattern Sifting Spoon, by Ball, Black & Co.

"Medallion" Pattern Sifting Spoon

Ball, Black & Co. · ca. 1865

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor (Gusoku) with Box, by Neo Masanobu 根尾正信

Armor (Gusoku) with Box

Neo Masanobu 根尾正信 · 19th century; helmet bowl, early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
House Model

House Model

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1870

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Helmet

Helmet

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1500–1525

Public domainThe Met
SUCRIER A CAFÉ, by Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820

SUCRIER A CAFÉ

Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820 · 1805

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Helmet

Helmet

Artist not stated in the record · late 15th–16th century

Public domainThe Met
Case for Fork, Knife and Spoon with Ivory Handles, by Joseph Willmore

Case for Fork, Knife and Spoon with Ivory Handles

Joseph Willmore · ca. 1830

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. 6483 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 7483349 matched · 40 examined · 17 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 2026-08-27 10:29 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.