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 a Strapwork Brooch” — 64 records examined, 7 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 08:34 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.
Brooch, by Marcus and Co.

Brooch

Marcus and Co. · ca. 1900

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Strapwork Brooch

Design for a Strapwork Brooch

Artist not stated in the record · 16th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Brooch, by Carlo Giuliano

Brooch

Carlo Giuliano · before 1896

Public domainThe Met
Plate 13, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers), by René Boyvin, French, 1525 - 1625

Plate 13, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)

René Boyvin, French, 1525 - 1625 · ca. 1570

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wing Brooch

Wing Brooch

Artist not stated in the record · 100–200

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Brooch, by George E Germer, 1868 – 1936

Design for a Brooch

George E Germer, 1868 – 1936 · 1910–1920

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Brooch, by Edward Burr

Brooch

Edward Burr · ca. 1836–50

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754

Title Page

Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754 · ca. 1730

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Oval Brooch

Oval Brooch

Artist not stated in the record · 900–1000

Public domainThe Met
Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design, by François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741

Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design

François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741 · 1712

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Brooch, by Ferdinand Hauser

Brooch

Ferdinand Hauser · ca. 1912–13

Public domainThe Met
Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design, by François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741

Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design

François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741 · 1712

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Disk Brooch

Disk Brooch

Artist not stated in the record · early 600s

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Brooch

Design for a Brooch

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Parure: tiara, necklace, and brooch, by Luigi Saulini

Parure: tiara, necklace, and brooch

Luigi Saulini · mid-19th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Brooch

Design for a Brooch

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terminal for an Open Ring Brooch

Terminal for an Open Ring Brooch

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 950

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Brooch, by George E Germer, 1868 – 1936

Design for a Brooch

George E Germer, 1868 – 1936 · 1910–1920

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Book Peddler, by Master of the Canesso Peddler

A Book Peddler

Master of the Canesso Peddler · ca. 1670–90

Public domainThe Met
Designs for a Bracelet and Brooch

Designs for a Bracelet and Brooch

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Brooch with Greek letters, by Castellani

Brooch with Greek letters

Castellani · ca. 1860

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Brooch

Design for a Brooch

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Brooch with Greek Cross, by Castellani

Brooch with Greek Cross

Castellani · ca. 1860

Public domainThe Met
Wall facing

Wall facing

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1725

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. 334 matched · 24 examined · 7 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. 2092115 matched · 40 examined · 0 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 2026-08-28 08:34 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.