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 “Brush tray” — 63 records examined, 27 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-06 02:28 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.
Brush tray

Brush tray

Artist not stated in the record · 16th century or earlier

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Painted Porcelain Tureen and Tray, by French National Porcelain Manufactury at Vincennes, 1738 – 1756

Design for a Painted Porcelain Tureen and Tray

French National Porcelain Manufactury at Vincennes, 1738 – 1756 · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Glove tray, by M(?).B.

Glove tray

M(?).B. · 1723–24

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Tray with Punch Bowl and Glasses, by Giovacchino Belli, Italian, 1756 - 1822

Design for a Tray with Punch Bowl and Glasses

Giovacchino Belli, Italian, 1756 - 1822 · ca. 1810

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families, by Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia)

The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families

Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia) · ca. 1449

Public domainThe Met
Design for an Oval Gallery Tray, with Alternate Suggestions, by Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868

Design for an Oval Gallery Tray, with Alternate Suggestions

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868 · 1827–35

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Box for Writing Implements with Design of Kimono on Rack and Incense Burner

Box for Writing Implements with Design of Kimono on Rack and Incense Burner

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for Bottle Cooler, Glasses, and Tray, by Giovacchino Belli, Italian, 1756 - 1822

Design for Bottle Cooler, Glasses, and Tray

Giovacchino Belli, Italian, 1756 - 1822 · ca. 1810

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
[Workman Holding Brush and Rectangular Tray, Arm Resting on Fake Rock], by Unknown

[Workman Holding Brush and Rectangular Tray, Arm Resting on Fake Rock]

Unknown · 1860s–80s

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Prunes et Pruneaux (Plums and Prunes) for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service), by Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Prunes et Pruneaux (Plums and Prunes) for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849 · 1824

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Designs for Two Silver Serving Dishes and Trays, by Anonymous, French, 19th century

Designs for Two Silver Serving Dishes and Trays

Anonymous, French, 19th century · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Painted Porcelain Tray

Design for a Painted Porcelain Tray

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1766

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Design for Three Reclined Reading Sofas with Trays, on Casters, Upholstered in Green and Red, by Anonymous, British, 19th century

Design for Three Reclined Reading Sofas with Trays, on Casters, Upholstered in Green and Red

Anonymous, British, 19th century · early 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Breakfast

Breakfast

Artist not stated in the record · 1750–1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Design for a Ceiling: Venice Receiving Homage, by Gaspare Diziani

Design for a Ceiling: Venice Receiving Homage

Gaspare Diziani · 1755–60

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Candlestick

Design for a Candlestick

Artist not stated in the record · 1820–1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fish Market, by Joachim Beuckelaer

Fish Market

Joachim Beuckelaer · 1568

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Liqueurs (Liqueurs) for the Services des Objets des Dessert (Dessert Service), by Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Liqueurs (Liqueurs) for the Services des Objets des Dessert (Dessert Service)

Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849 · 1819–20

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Young Man, by Biagio d'Antonio

Portrait of a Young Man

Biagio d'Antonio · probably ca. 1470

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Surtout de Table (Centerpiece)

Design for a Surtout de Table (Centerpiece)

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Interior Scene with Books and Writing Implements, by Unidentified artist

Interior Scene with Books and Writing Implements

Unidentified artist · early to mid-17th century

Public domainThe Met
An Elizabethan Room at Lyme Hall, Cheshire, by Joseph Nash The Elder, British, 1808 - 1878

An Elizabethan Room at Lyme Hall, Cheshire

Joseph Nash The Elder, British, 1808 - 1878 · 1872

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Box for Personal Accessories (Tebako) with Chrysanthemums and Paulownia Flowers

Box for Personal Accessories (Tebako) with Chrysanthemums and Paulownia Flowers

Artist not stated in the record · late 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Painted Porcelain Serving Vessel, Les Sorbets (Sorbets) from the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service), by Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

Design for a Painted Porcelain Serving Vessel, Les Sorbets (Sorbets) from the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849 · 1819–20

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. 23 matched · 23 examined · 2 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. 16775 matched · 40 examined · 25 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 2026-09-06 02:28 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.