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 “Copper alloy razor” — 64 records examined, 22 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 03:07 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.
Pair of Four-Barreled Turnover Percussion Pistols of Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1785–1851), with Pair of Box-Lock Turn-Off Pocket Pistols, Case, and Accessories, by James Purdey the Elder

Pair of Four-Barreled Turnover Percussion Pistols of Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1785–1851), with Pair of Box-Lock Turn-Off Pocket Pistols, Case, and Accessories

James Purdey the Elder · 1831

Public domainThe Met
Weight, by Akan artist

Weight

Akan artist · 15th-early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Copper alloy razor

Copper alloy razor

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800–1725 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Weight, by Akan artist

Weight

Akan artist · 15th-early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Razor

Razor

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

Public domainThe Met
Weight, by Akan artist

Weight

Akan artist · 15th-early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Six-Barreled Pepperbox Disk Primer Pistol with Case and Accessories, by Joseph Rock Cooper

Six-Barreled Pepperbox Disk Primer Pistol with Case and Accessories

Joseph Rock Cooper · ca. 1840–1850

Public domainThe Met
Weight, by Akan artist

Weight

Akan artist · 15th-early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gold-inlaid Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver (serial no. 20133), with Case and Accessories, by Samuel Colt

Gold-inlaid Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver (serial no. 20133), with Case and Accessories

Samuel Colt · ca. 1853

Public domainThe Met
Weight, by Akan artist

Weight

Akan artist · 15th-early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Longcase clock, by Hermann Achenbach

Longcase clock

Hermann Achenbach · ca. 1774–75

Public domainThe Met
Weight, by Akan artist

Weight

Akan artist · 15th-early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor (Gusoku) with Box, by Neo Masanobu 根尾正信

Armor (Gusoku) with Box

Neo Masanobu 根尾正信 · 19th century; helmet bowl, early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Weight, by Akan artist

Weight

Akan artist · 15th-early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Smith and Wesson .44 Double-Action Revolver for George Jay Gould (1864–1923), serial no. 23402, with Case and Cleaning Brush, by Smith & Wesson

Smith and Wesson .44 Double-Action Revolver for George Jay Gould (1864–1923), serial no. 23402, with Case and Cleaning Brush

Smith & Wesson · 1888–89

Public domainThe Met
Weight, by Akan artist

Weight

Akan artist · 15th-early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Center table, by Imperial Armory, Tula (south of Moscow), Russia

Center table

Imperial Armory, Tula (south of Moscow), Russia · ca. 1780–85

Public domainThe Met
Weight, by Akan artist

Weight

Akan artist · 15th-early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saddle, Saddle Pad, Stirrups, Rein, Stirrup Straps, Bit and Bridle, Breaststrap, Tassel, and Crupper

Saddle, Saddle Pad, Stirrups, Rein, Stirrup Straps, Bit and Bridle, Breaststrap, Tassel, and Crupper

Artist not stated in the record · 18th–19th century

Public domainThe Met
Weight, by Akan artist

Weight

Akan artist · 1400-1720

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sword and Scabbard

Sword and Scabbard

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 60 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Bracelet, by Kongo artist

Bracelet

Kongo artist · 17th-18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor (Gusoku), by Bamen Tomotsugu

Armor (Gusoku)

Bamen Tomotsugu · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Prayer staff finial, by Ethiopian Orthodox

Prayer staff finial

Ethiopian Orthodox · 17th 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. 19048 matched · 24 examined · 4 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. 29606 matched · 40 examined · 18 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 03:07 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.