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 fish” — 64 records examined, 11 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 02:32 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 fish

Bowl with two fish

Artist not stated in the record · 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
Fish Market, by Joachim Beuckelaer

Fish Market

Joachim Beuckelaer · 1568

Public domainThe Met
Small Serving Fork with Tines Skewering Fish, by Charles Victor Gibert, French

Small Serving Fork with Tines Skewering Fish

Charles Victor Gibert, French · ca. 1890

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

Two-handled Bowl

Cornelius Kierstede · 1700–1710

Public domainThe Met
Ornament Designs for use on Teapots and Bowls, by Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century

Ornament Designs for use on Teapots and Bowls

Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century · late 17th–early 18th century

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
Ornament Designs for use on Teapots and Bowls, by Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century

Ornament Designs for use on Teapots and Bowls

Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century · late 17th–early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Two-Handled Bowl with Fish

Two-Handled Bowl with Fish

Artist not stated in the record · 1400–1430

Public domainThe Met
Berry Server with Leaf-form Bowl, Red Enameled Strawberries and Dragonfly, by Charles Victor Gibert, French

Berry Server with Leaf-form Bowl, Red Enameled Strawberries and Dragonfly

Charles Victor Gibert, French · ca. 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl

Bowl

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

Public domainThe Met
Demitasse Spoon with Two Ants Feeding on a Dead Bee, by Charles Victor Gibert, French

Demitasse Spoon with Two Ants Feeding on a Dead Bee

Charles Victor Gibert, French · ca. 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · 12th–13th 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
Fish, by William Merritt Chase

Fish

William Merritt Chase · by 1910

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
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1780–1810

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, by Maya artist(s)

Bowl

Maya artist(s) · 500-600 CE

Public domainThe Met
Birdcage with fishbowl

Birdcage with fishbowl

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl, by George E. Ohr

Bowl

George E. Ohr · ca. 1897–1900

Public domainThe Met
Sketches of Bowls

Sketches of Bowls

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl, by George E. Ohr

Bowl

George E. Ohr · ca. 1898–1910

Public domainThe Met
Pair of Cake Tongs With Caterpillar, by Charles Victor Gibert, French

Pair of Cake Tongs With Caterpillar

Charles Victor Gibert, French · ca. 1890

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. 1690 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. 444009 matched · 40 examined · 10 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 02:32 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.