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. 18 shown for “Designs for Trophies” — 64 records examined, 18 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 02:48 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.
Spoon holder, by Christopher Dresser

Spoon holder

Christopher Dresser · ca. 1878–81

Public domainThe Met
Two Designs for Trophies, by Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828

Two Designs for Trophies

Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828 · early 19th century

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
Design for trophy of arms

Design for trophy of arms

Artist not stated in the record · 1730

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
'Otua fefine (deity figure), by Ha'apai Islands artist

'Otua fefine (deity figure)

Ha'apai Islands artist · Early 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Two Designs for Trophies, by Roubiliac, French, active 18th century

Two Designs for Trophies

Roubiliac, French, active 18th century · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tapestry Room from Croome Court, by Robert Adam

Tapestry Room from Croome Court

Robert Adam · 1763–71

Public domainThe Met
Design for trophy of arms

Design for trophy of arms

Artist not stated in the record · 1730

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of Flintlock Pistols, by Samuel Brunn

Pair of Flintlock Pistols

Samuel Brunn · hallmarked for 1800–1801

Public domainThe Met
Two Designs for Trophies, by Roubiliac, French, active 18th century

Two Designs for Trophies

Roubiliac, French, active 18th century · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Woman, Possibly a Nun of San Secondo; (verso) Scene in Grisaille, by Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano)

Portrait of a Woman, Possibly a Nun of San Secondo; (verso) Scene in Grisaille

Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano) · ca. 1485–95

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Trophy, by Mathurin Cherpitel, French, 1736 – 1809

Design for a Trophy

Mathurin Cherpitel, French, 1736 – 1809 · 1755–68

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Design for a Trophy, by Mathurin Cherpitel, French, 1736 – 1809

Design for a Trophy

Mathurin Cherpitel, French, 1736 – 1809 · 1755–68

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Design for Trophy with Military Attributes, by Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789

Design for Trophy with Military Attributes

Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 1734 – 1789 · 1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Design for a Trophy, by Mathurin Cherpitel, French, 1736 – 1809

Design for a Trophy

Mathurin Cherpitel, French, 1736 – 1809 · 1755–68

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Designs for Trophies

Designs for Trophies

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Design for a Trophy

Design for a Trophy

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Design for a Trophy, by Mathurin Cherpitel, French, 1736 – 1809

Design for a Trophy

Mathurin Cherpitel, French, 1736 – 1809 · 1755–68

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. 26694 matched · 24 examined · 18 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.6 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 493517 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 2026-09-01 02:48 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.