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. 15 shown for “Decorated Jug with Feline-Head Handle naming Atumemtaneb” — 21 records examined, 0 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 12:39 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.
Decorated Jug with Feline-Head Handle naming Atumemtaneb

Decorated Jug with Feline-Head Handle naming Atumemtaneb

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1290–1224 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Milk Jug, by Wallendorf Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1764

Milk Jug

Wallendorf Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1764 · ca. 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Brazier of Rasulid Sultan al-Malik al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn 'Umar

Brazier of Rasulid Sultan al-Malik al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn 'Umar

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

Public domainThe Met
Covered Milk Jug, by Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

Covered Milk Jug

Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735 · 1780–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Harvesters, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1565

Public domainThe Met
George III sterling silver cream jug with interior gold wash, by William Fountain, English

George III sterling silver cream jug with interior gold wash

William Fountain, English · 1806

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with twisted handles, by Lykaon Painter

Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with twisted handles

Lykaon Painter · ca. 440 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Milk jug (pot à lait à trois pieds) (part of a service), by Sèvres Manufactory

Milk jug (pot à lait à trois pieds) (part of a service)

Sèvres Manufactory · 1767

Public domainThe Met
Pierced Bowl Signed by Hasan al-Qashani

Pierced Bowl Signed by Hasan al-Qashani

Artist not stated in the record · late 11th–early 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Seal Ring with Inscription

Seal Ring with Inscription

Artist not stated in the record · late 15th–early 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Ceremonial Handle (?)

Ceremonial Handle (?)

Artist not stated in the record · 7th–9th century

Public domainThe Met
Tray (plateau Duplessis) (part of a service), by Sèvres Manufactory

Tray (plateau Duplessis) (part of a service)

Sèvres Manufactory · 1767

Public domainThe Met
Cup and saucer (goblet Hebert et soucoupe) (part of a service), by Sèvres Manufactory

Cup and saucer (goblet Hebert et soucoupe) (part of a service)

Sèvres Manufactory · 1767

Public domainThe Met
Teapot (théière calabre) (part of a service), by Sèvres Manufactory

Teapot (théière calabre) (part of a service)

Sèvres Manufactory · 1767

Public domainThe Met
Sugar bowl (pot à sucre Hebert) (part of a service), by Sèvres Manufactory

Sugar bowl (pot à sucre Hebert) (part of a service)

Sèvres Manufactory · 1767

Public domainThe Met
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. 18 matched · 18 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. 3 matched · 3 examined · 0 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.3 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-08-27 12:39 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.