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 “Design for Seven Metal Book Clasps” — 64 records examined, 12 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-04 05:05 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.
Rolltop desk, by David Roentgen

Rolltop desk

David Roentgen · ca. 1776–79

Public domainThe Met
Design for Seven Metal Book Clasps

Design for Seven Metal Book Clasps

Artist not stated in the record · 1780-1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Combination table, by Martin Carlin

Combination table

Martin Carlin · ca. 1775

Public domainThe Met
Design for Six Metal Book Clasps

Design for Six Metal Book Clasps

Artist not stated in the record · 1780-1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), by Martin Carlin

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Martin Carlin · ca. 1776

Public domainThe Met
Design for Six Metal Book Clasps

Design for Six Metal Book Clasps

Artist not stated in the record · 1780-1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bookstand, by Charles-Auguste Questel

Bookstand

Charles-Auguste Questel · 1839

Public domainThe Met
Cameo brooch and bracelet

Cameo brooch and bracelet

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Game table, by David Roentgen

Game table

David Roentgen · ca. 1780–83

Public domainThe Met
Purse

Purse

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cased Set of a Flintlock Rifle, a Pair of Pistols, and Accessories, by Nicolas Noël Boutet

Cased Set of a Flintlock Rifle, a Pair of Pistols, and Accessories

Nicolas Noël Boutet · ca. 1800

Public domainThe Met
Photograph album owned by Emily Howland

Photograph album owned by Emily Howland

Artist not stated in the record · 1864

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Base for a Water Pipe (Huqqa) with Irises

Base for a Water Pipe (Huqqa) with Irises

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Photograph album of Allston family and other portraits

Photograph album of Allston family and other portraits

Artist not stated in the record · 1880s-1910

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
The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments

The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments

Artist not stated in the record · 1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Morse with Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata

Morse with Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1300–1350

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Cross Pendant

Design for a Cross Pendant

Artist not stated in the record · late 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
Design for a Comb

Design for a Comb

Artist not stated in the record · 1810

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
Geometric floral and paisley printed handbag with bamboo handle, by Unidentified

Geometric floral and paisley printed handbag with bamboo handle

Unidentified · 1960s - 1970s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59), by Jean Cousin the Elder

Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59)

Jean Cousin the Elder · ca. 1555

Public domainThe Met
Woven basket purse with floral design from Mae's Millinery Shop, by Unidentified

Woven basket purse with floral design from Mae's Millinery Shop

Unidentified · 1941-1994

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. 1481 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. 575224 matched · 40 examined · 12 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 2026-09-04 05:05 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.