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 “Circular box with hinged cover” — 64 records examined, 12 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 05:01 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.
Circular box with hinged cover

Circular box with hinged cover

Artist not stated in the record · late 16th century

Public domainThe Met
with Coin and Stamp Compartment

with Coin and Stamp Compartment

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Box

Box

Artist not stated in the record · 1736–38

Public domainThe Met
Money box used by Bishop Richard Allen, by Unidentified

Money box used by Bishop Richard Allen

Unidentified · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Box, by François-Nicolas Chevance

Box

François-Nicolas Chevance · 1781–82

Public domainThe Met
Snuffbox mounted with two miniatures

Snuffbox mounted with two miniatures

Artist not stated in the record · 1768–75

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Coffeepot (part of a service), by Meissen Manufactory

Coffeepot (part of a service)

Meissen Manufactory · 1723–26

Public domainThe Met
Box

Box

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Box with portrait of a woman, by Guillaume-Denis Delamotte

Box with portrait of a woman

Guillaume-Denis Delamotte · 1774–75, portrait ca. 1790

Public domainThe Met
Casket

Casket

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Nécessaire with watch

Nécessaire with watch

Artist not stated in the record · probably ca. 1745–50

Public domainThe Met
Inkstand

Inkstand

Artist not stated in the record · mid-19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hinged box

Hinged box

Artist not stated in the record · between 1800 and 1899

Public domainThe Met
Floral embroidered purse used by Dinah Washington, by Unidentified

Floral embroidered purse used by Dinah Washington

Unidentified · 1940s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Roundel with Scenes of the Attack on the Castle of Love

Roundel with Scenes of the Attack on the Castle of Love

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1320–40

Public domainThe Met
Foot Warmer

Foot Warmer

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Snuffbox with six scenes of country pastimes, by Pierre François Drais

Snuffbox with six scenes of country pastimes

Pierre François Drais · 1774–75

Public domainThe Met
Covered pitcher, by Wedgwood, English, established 1759

Covered pitcher

Wedgwood, English, established 1759 · ca. 1861

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Spice box with grater, by Nicolas Mahon

Spice box with grater

Nicolas Mahon · 1723–24

Public domainThe Met
Box

Box

Artist not stated in the record · 1830

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Snuffbox with miniature of Alexander I of Russia, by Jean Georges (or George)

Snuffbox with miniature of Alexander I of Russia

Jean Georges (or George) · 1763–64

Public domainThe Met
Traveling Coffee Service, by Gregoire et Cordonnier, French, 1866 – 1868

Traveling Coffee Service

Gregoire et Cordonnier, French, 1866 – 1868 · 1866–1868

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Box with Hinged Cover

Box with Hinged Cover

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Stand

Stand

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th 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. 150 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. 368697 matched · 40 examined · 9 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 05:01 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.