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. 16 shown for “Deer-shaped ornament” — 33 records examined, 5 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-05 01:47 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.
Yoke Ornament Shaped as Recumbent Deer

Yoke Ornament Shaped as Recumbent Deer

Artist not stated in the record · 5th–4th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Deer-shaped ornament (fragment)

Deer-shaped ornament (fragment)

Artist not stated in the record · 206 BCE-220 CE

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Belt clasp

Belt clasp

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1st–2nd century CE

Public domainThe Met
Deer-shaped ornament

Deer-shaped ornament

Artist not stated in the record · 206 BCE-220 CE

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Double animal-head bell, by Chiriquí artist(s)

Double animal-head bell

Chiriquí artist(s) · 1000 - 1600 CE

Public domainThe Met
Pendant Design with the Temptation, Plate 1, from a series of eight pendant designs with the cardinal virtues, by Daniel Mignot, active 1593 - d. 1616

Pendant Design with the Temptation, Plate 1, from a series of eight pendant designs with the cardinal virtues

Daniel Mignot, active 1593 - d. 1616 · 1616–1623

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Yoke ornament in the shape of a deer

Yoke ornament in the shape of a deer

Artist not stated in the record · 5th–4th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs, by Jean Mansart de Jouy, French, 1705 - 1783

Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs

Jean Mansart de Jouy, French, 1705 - 1783 · mid- 18th–late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Yoke ornament in the shape of a deer

Yoke ornament in the shape of a deer

Artist not stated in the record · 5th–4th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Glass ornaments with recumbent deer

Glass ornaments with recumbent deer

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1370–1200 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Venus and Adonis, by Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)

Venus and Adonis

Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) · 1550s

Public domainThe Met
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
Hunting Sword with Scabbard, Knife, and Fork

Hunting Sword with Scabbard, Knife, and Fork

Artist not stated in the record · blade dated 1656

Public domainThe Met
Plate with trumpeter, by Maya artist(s)

Plate with trumpeter

Maya artist(s) · 700–800 CE

Public domainThe Met
Diana and the Stag, by Joachim Friess

Diana and the Stag

Joachim Friess · ca. 1620

Public domainThe Met
Bottle in the shape of a dog, by Nasca artist(s)

Bottle in the shape of a dog

Nasca artist(s) · 1–600 CE

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. 38 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. 9 matched · 9 examined · 5 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.4 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-05 01:47 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.