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 “Covered jar with floral patterns (one of a pair)” — 64 records examined, 5 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 10:38 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 with floral patterns (one of a pair)

Covered jar with floral patterns (one of a pair)

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Jar and lid, by De Drie Posteleyne Astonne (The Three Porcelain Ash-Barrels)

Jar and lid

De Drie Posteleyne Astonne (The Three Porcelain Ash-Barrels) · 1673–1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Quilt, Album pattern, by Brown and Turner families

Quilt, Album pattern

Brown and Turner families · begun 1846

Public domainThe Met
Scent bottle and lid

Scent bottle and lid

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1870

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

Jar

Chantilly · ca. 1735–40

Public domainThe Met
The Glorious Qur'an

The Glorious Qur'an

Artist not stated in the record · 1975

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Settee (one of a pair), by John Mayhew

Settee (one of a pair)

John Mayhew · 1769–71

Public domainThe Met
Borders

Borders

Artist not stated in the record · 1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase with cover (one of a pair), by I H

Vase with cover (one of a pair)

I H · 1675–76

Public domainThe Met
Mittens

Mittens

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing shelf (one of a pair), by William Linnell

Standing shelf (one of a pair)

William Linnell · ca. 1753–54

Public domainThe Met
Jar (One of a Pair), by Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1693 - 1766

Jar (One of a Pair)

Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1693 - 1766 · ca. 1725–1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Potpourri bowl with cover (one of a pair)

Potpourri bowl with cover (one of a pair)

Artist not stated in the record · porcelain late 17th century, mounts ca. 1745–50

Public domainThe Met
Jar (One of a Pair), by Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1693 - 1766

Jar (One of a Pair)

Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1693 - 1766 · ca. 1725–1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mantel clock with musical movement, by Jean-Baptiste-André Furet

Mantel clock with musical movement

Jean-Baptiste-André Furet · ca. 1784

Public domainThe Met
Sauceboat (One of a Pair), by Bow Porcelain Manufactory, English, active ca. 1744 – 1776

Sauceboat (One of a Pair)

Bow Porcelain Manufactory, English, active ca. 1744 – 1776 · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bookcase (one of a pair), by Niccolo Michetti

Bookcase (one of a pair)

Niccolo Michetti · ca. 1715

Public domainThe Met
Knife with Porcelain Handle (One of a Pair), by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Knife with Porcelain Handle (One of a Pair)

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Settee (one of a pair) (part of a set), by Johann Michael Bauer

Settee (one of a pair) (part of a set)

Johann Michael Bauer · ca. 1763–64

Public domainThe Met
Pair of Covered Urns, by Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773

Pair of Covered Urns

Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773 · 1740–1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase with cover (vase des âges) (one of a pair), by Sèvres Manufactory

Vase with cover (vase des âges) (one of a pair)

Sèvres Manufactory · 1788

Public domainThe Met
Tea Caddy

Tea Caddy

Artist not stated in the record · 1875–1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Spring in the guise of Flora (one of a pair), by Pietro Bernini

Spring in the guise of Flora (one of a pair)

Pietro Bernini · 1616–17

Public domainThe Met
Fragment

Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · 300–600

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. 2653 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. 3992795 matched · 40 examined · 5 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 10:38 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.