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. 22 shown for “Covered Jar, polychrome floral decoration, handle on cover in shape of squirrel.” — 64 records examined, 8 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-08 06:25 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.
Covered Jar, polychrome floral decoration, handle on cover in shape of squirrel.

Covered Jar, polychrome floral decoration, handle on cover in shape of squirrel.

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Coffeepot with "Hausmaler" Decor, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Coffeepot with "Hausmaler" Decor

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · 1725–1735

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Teapot and cover, by John Turner, Lane End, Staffordshire, England, 1759 - 1780

Teapot and cover

John Turner, Lane End, Staffordshire, England, 1759 - 1780 · ca. 1785

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription

Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription

Artist not stated in the record · early 16th century

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

Covered pitcher

Wedgwood, English, established 1759 · ca. 1861

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wine pot in the shape of a peach (cadogan type), by Meissen Manufactory

Wine pot in the shape of a peach (cadogan type)

Meissen Manufactory · ca. 1725

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
The Harvesters, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1565

Public domainThe Met
Jar and lid

Jar and lid

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Covered Jar (Albarello)

Covered Jar (Albarello)

Artist not stated in the record · second half 13th–14th century

Public domainThe Met
Covered Milk Jug, by Royal Worcester, English, established 1751

Covered Milk Jug

Royal Worcester, English, established 1751 · ca. 1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase with cover, by Longton Hall

Vase with cover

Longton Hall · ca. 1755–1757

Public domainThe Met
Tureen and cover

Tureen and cover

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1760

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Animal-Spouted Pitcher

Animal-Spouted Pitcher

Artist not stated in the record · 9th–10th century

Public domainThe Met
Écuelle, by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

Écuelle

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 · ca. 1766

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Elephant-Shaped Kendi

Elephant-Shaped Kendi

Artist not stated in the record · second quarter 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Bowl with cover

Bowl with cover

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Woman, by Quinten Massys

Portrait of a Woman

Quinten Massys · ca. 1520

Public domainThe Met
Jar and cover

Jar and cover

Artist not stated in the record · possibly 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase with cover (Vase en tour) (one of a pair), by Sèvres Manufactory

Vase with cover (Vase en tour) (one of a pair)

Sèvres Manufactory · ca. 1763

Public domainThe Met
Covered Creamer with Battle Scenes (Bataillen-Malerei), by Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763

Covered Creamer with Battle Scenes (Bataillen-Malerei)

Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763 · 1870–1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Covered Milk Jug, by Royal Worcester, English, established 1751

Covered Milk Jug

Royal Worcester, English, established 1751 · mid- 18th–late 18th 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. 73 matched · 24 examined · 0 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. 7484732 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 2026-09-08 06:25 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.