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 with a Figure and Birds” — 64 records examined, 21 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 10:47 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.
Bowl with a Figure and Birds

Bowl with a Figure and Birds

Artist not stated in the record · 10th century

Public domainThe Met
Tea Bowl and Saucer with "Hausmaler" Decor, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Tea Bowl and Saucer with "Hausmaler" Decor

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · 1720–1730

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bird Head

Bird Head

Artist not stated in the record · Date unknown

Public domainThe Met
SOUPIÈRES ET CULLIÈRES., by Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820

SOUPIÈRES ET CULLIÈRES.

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Figure

Figure

Artist not stated in the record · 2200–2000 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Miniature: Seated Figure, by Unknown

Miniature: Seated Figure

Unknown · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bird pendant, by Central Region artist(s)

Bird pendant

Central Region artist(s) · 300–700 CE

Public domainThe Met
Tea Bowl and Saucer with "Hausmaler" Decor, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Tea Bowl and Saucer with "Hausmaler" Decor

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · 1720–1730

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Figure

Figure

Artist not stated in the record · 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Tea Bowl and Saucer with "Hausmaler" Decor, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Tea Bowl and Saucer with "Hausmaler" Decor

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · 1720–1730

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chinese figure with bird, by Meissen Manufactory

Chinese figure with bird

Meissen Manufactory · ca. 1727, mounts and flowers ca. 1750

Public domainThe Met
Crucifixion with the Four Evangelists [left]; Saint Bridget [right, above]; Hospital Scene [right, below], by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Crucifixion with the Four Evangelists [left]; Saint Bridget [right, above]; Hospital Scene [right, below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1580 – 1605

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl, by Maya artist(s)

Bowl

Maya artist(s) · 500-600 CE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Fork and Two Spoons, by Unknown

Design for a Fork and Two Spoons

Unknown · late 16th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Yashoda with the Infant Krishna

Yashoda with the Infant Krishna

Artist not stated in the record · early 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Sugar Bowl, by R. & W. Wilson, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, active ca. 1825 – ca. 1846

Sugar Bowl

R. & W. Wilson, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, active ca. 1825 – ca. 1846 · 1825–1846

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tapestry Room from Croome Court, by Robert Adam

Tapestry Room from Croome Court

Robert Adam · 1763–71

Public domainThe Met
Panel with images of four women, by Unknown

Panel with images of four women

Unknown · 1610–40

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rectangular tray with flowering plums and magpies

Rectangular tray with flowering plums and magpies

Artist not stated in the record · 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Surtout de Table (Table centerpiece), by Pierre-Philippe Thomire, French, 1751 - 1843

Surtout de Table (Table centerpiece)

Pierre-Philippe Thomire, French, 1751 - 1843 · ca. 1810

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
'Egyptian' Pattern Berry Spoon, by Whiting Manufacturing Company, 1866 – 1926

'Egyptian' Pattern Berry Spoon

Whiting Manufacturing Company, 1866 – 1926 · ca. 1875

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
A Winged Mer Hermaphrodite and Sketches for a Bowl

A Winged Mer Hermaphrodite and Sketches for a Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · early 18th century

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. 37396 matched · 24 examined · 3 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. 3246896 matched · 40 examined · 18 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 2026-08-28 10:47 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.