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 decorative medallions” — 64 records examined, 6 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 02:47 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.
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), by Adam Weisweiler

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Adam Weisweiler · ca. 1787

Public domainThe Met
Sugarbowl and cover

Sugarbowl and cover

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with decorative medallions

Bowl with decorative medallions

Artist not stated in the record

Public domainThe Met
"Medallion" Pattern Serving Spoon, by William Gale Jr., American, b. 1825

"Medallion" Pattern Serving Spoon

William Gale Jr., American, b. 1825 · ca. 1866

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Processional Cross

Processional Cross

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1000–1050

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
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · second half 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Sugar Bowl with Rose Medallion, by Fürstenberg Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1747

Sugar Bowl with Rose Medallion

Fürstenberg Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1747 · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Medallion with return from a spring outing

Medallion with return from a spring outing

Artist not stated in the record · late 16th–early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Footed bowl

Footed bowl

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1880

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
Sugar Bowl, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute"), by Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

Sugar Bowl, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735 · ca. 1810–1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · 8th century

Public domainThe Met
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1810–15

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl

Bowl

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

Public domainThe Met
Five chalices, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Five chalices

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1780–1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Glass garland bowl

Glass garland bowl

Artist not stated in the record · late 1st century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Condiment Spoon with Applied Shell Medallion Terminal

Condiment Spoon with Applied Shell Medallion Terminal

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl

Bowl

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

Public domainThe Met
Two chalices, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Two chalices

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1780–1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gold and glass bracelet with central medallion

Gold and glass bracelet with central medallion

Artist not stated in the record · 2nd century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a sedan chair

Design for a sedan chair

Artist not stated in the record · 1773

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · 8th–9th century

Public domainThe Met
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · 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. 2253 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. 296093 matched · 40 examined · 3 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 02:47 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.