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 two boys and lotuses” — 64 records examined, 15 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 02:44 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 two boys and lotuses

Bowl with two boys and lotuses

Artist not stated in the record · early 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Design of a Centerpiece

Design of a Centerpiece

Artist not stated in the record · 1827-1835

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Marsh Bowl

Marsh Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Sculptured Frieze with Amphora between Two Half Figures of Boys Pouring Water from Pitcher into Bowl, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Sculptured Frieze with Amphora between Two Half Figures of Boys Pouring Water from Pitcher into Bowl

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Statuette of the Child Amenemhab

Statuette of the Child Amenemhab

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550–1479 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Centerpiece, by Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868

Design for a Centerpiece

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868 · 1827-1835

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Two-handled Bowl, by Cornelius Kierstede

Two-handled Bowl

Cornelius Kierstede · 1700–1710

Public domainThe Met
Children Bowling, by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

Children Bowling

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808 · 1759

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with fish and lotuses

Bowl with fish and lotuses

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550–1300 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Set of Silver Tableware, by Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828

Design for a Set of Silver Tableware

Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828 · 1815–30

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with Lotuses

Bowl with Lotuses

Artist not stated in the record · early 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Baptismal Font, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for a Baptismal Font

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with two boys and foliage

Bowl with two boys and foliage

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

Public domainThe Met
George III sterling silver sugar bowl with interior gold wash

George III sterling silver sugar bowl with interior gold wash

Artist not stated in the record · 1807

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Statue of two men and a boy that served as a domestic icon

Statue of two men and a boy that served as a domestic icon

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1347–1330 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Two Magi and Two Boys, plate 14 from the from Scherzi di Fantasia

Two Magi and Two Boys, plate 14 from the from Scherzi di Fantasia

Artist not stated in the record · 1750–1760

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jar with carp in lotus pond

Jar with carp in lotus pond

Artist not stated in the record · mid-16th century

Public domainThe Met
Two-Handled Sugar Bowl with Monogram and Diamond Lattice Pattern, by Carl Thieme Potschappel Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1872

Two-Handled Sugar Bowl with Monogram and Diamond Lattice Pattern

Carl Thieme Potschappel Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1872 · ca. 1901

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Footed Bowl with Lotuses

Footed Bowl with Lotuses

Artist not stated in the record · first half 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Case for Set of Ten Gilt Demitasse Spoons, by Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818

Case for Set of Ten Gilt Demitasse Spoons

Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818 · 1880

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with boys and grapevines

Bowl with boys and grapevines

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

Public domainThe Met
Two-Handled Sugar Bowl with Landscapes, by The Sweetser Company, New York, New York, active 1900 – 1915

Two-Handled Sugar Bowl with Landscapes

The Sweetser Company, New York, New York, active 1900 – 1915 · 1900–1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall clock (cartel), by Etienne LeNoir

Wall clock (cartel)

Etienne LeNoir · ca. 1735–40

Public domainThe Met
Ship-Building, Gloucester Harbor, from Harper's Weekly, October 11, 1873, p. 900, by Harper & Bros., New York, New York, USA

Ship-Building, Gloucester Harbor, from Harper's Weekly, October 11, 1873, p. 900

Harper & Bros., New York, New York, USA · 1873

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. 2441 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. 1544681 matched · 40 examined · 14 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 02:44 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.