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 “Cassius M. Clay” — 64 records examined, 16 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 17:49 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.
Toilet set in original leather case, by Fourteen identified German (Augsburg) goldsmiths and other German artisans; Japanese (Imari) porcelain maker

Toilet set in original leather case

Fourteen identified German (Augsburg) goldsmiths and other German artisans; Japanese (Imari) porcelain maker · ca. 1743–45

Public domainThe Met
Cassius M. Clay

Cassius M. Clay

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ewer from Burghley House, Lincolnshire

Ewer from Burghley House, Lincolnshire

Artist not stated in the record · Chinese porcelain 1573– ca. 1585, British mounts ca. 1585

Public domainThe Met
Cassius M. Clay

Cassius M. Clay

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Buddha of Medicine Bhaishajyaguru (Yaoshi fo)

Buddha of Medicine Bhaishajyaguru (Yaoshi fo)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1319

Public domainThe Met
Cassius M. Clay

Cassius M. Clay

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Shoulao, by Chantilly

Shoulao

Chantilly · ca. 1735–40

Public domainThe Met
Cassius M. Clay

Cassius M. Clay

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by M. Louise McLaughlin

Vase

M. Louise McLaughlin · 1902

Public domainThe Met
Cassius M. Clay

Cassius M. Clay

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) with flower

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) with flower

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1300–1225 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Cassius M. Clay

Cassius M. Clay

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), by Hieron

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Hieron · ca. 480 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Cassius M. Clay

Cassius M. Clay

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1860-70

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta amphora (jar), by Andokides

Terracotta amphora (jar)

Andokides · ca. 530 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Cassius Marcellus Clay, by Unidentified Artist

Cassius Marcellus Clay

Unidentified Artist · 1860

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cup and saucer

Cup and saucer

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1820

Public domainThe Met
Cassius Marcellus Clay, by Charles DeForest Fredricks, 11 Dec 1823 - 25 May 1894

Cassius Marcellus Clay

Charles DeForest Fredricks, 11 Dec 1823 - 25 May 1894 · c. 1861

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jar with dragon

Jar with dragon

Artist not stated in the record · early 15th century

Public domainThe Met
C.M. Clay, by Hoffy, Alfred M.

C.M. Clay

Hoffy, Alfred M. · n.d.

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Teapot (Théière chinoise), by Sèvres Manufactory

Teapot (Théière chinoise)

Sèvres Manufactory · 1832–34

Public domainThe Met
Training boxing gloves used and signed by Cassius Clay, by Post Manufacturing Co.

Training boxing gloves used and signed by Cassius Clay

Post Manufacturing Co. · 1960

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bottle in the shape of a feline, by Wari artist(s)

Bottle in the shape of a feline

Wari artist(s) · 600–900 CE

Public domainThe Met
Document listing physical measurements for Sonny Liston and Cassius Clay

Document listing physical measurements for Sonny Liston and Cassius Clay

Artist not stated in the record · February 1964

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. 2696 matched · 24 examined · 8 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. 1200165 matched · 40 examined · 8 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 2026-09-01 17:49 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.