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. 23 shown for “Dish with IHS Monogram and Floral Pattern” — 64 records examined, 6 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-30 18:49 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.
Dish with IHS Monogram and Floral Pattern

Dish with IHS Monogram and Floral Pattern

Artist not stated in the record · 1430–60

Public domainThe Met
Cup with Monogram, by Frankenthal Porcelain Factory, German, active mid- to late 18th century

Cup with Monogram

Frankenthal Porcelain Factory, German, active mid- to late 18th century · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish

Dish

Artist not stated in the record · second half 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Teapot with Monogram and Diamond Lattice Pattern, by Carl Thieme Potschappel Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1872

Teapot with Monogram and Diamond Lattice Pattern

Carl Thieme Potschappel Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1872 · ca. 1901

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish

Dish

Artist not stated in the record · mid-16th century

Public domainThe Met
Two-Handled Sugar Bowl with Monogram and Diamond Lattice Pattern, by Carl Thieme Potschappel Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1872

Two-Handled Sugar Bowl with Monogram and Diamond Lattice Pattern

Carl Thieme Potschappel Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1872 · ca. 1901

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish

Dish

Artist not stated in the record · second half 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Dish with IHS monogram, armillary sphere, and Portuguese royal arms

Dish with IHS monogram, armillary sphere, and Portuguese royal arms

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1520–40

Public domainThe Met
Sampler

Sampler

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Small Dish (Kozara) with Three Jars

Small Dish (Kozara) with Three Jars

Artist not stated in the record · 1680–90s

Public domainThe Met
Cup, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Cup

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish with Two Intertwined Dragons

Dish with Two Intertwined Dragons

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1640

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

Cup and Saucer

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 · 1781

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish with 'Tughra-illuminator' Design

Dish with 'Tughra-illuminator' Design

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1540–50

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, by Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864

Cup and Saucer

Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864 · ca. 1805

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Blue-ground Dish with Floral and 'Cintamani' Designs

Blue-ground Dish with Floral and 'Cintamani' Designs

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1570–75

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

Cup and Saucer

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish with Floral Designs on an Olive Background

Dish with Floral Designs on an Olive Background

Artist not stated in the record · 16th–17th century

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, by Duc d'Angoulême Porcelain Manufactory, French, 1781 – 1828

Cup and Saucer

Duc d'Angoulême Porcelain Manufactory, French, 1781 – 1828 · late 18th century

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
Cup and Saucer, by Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864

Cup and Saucer

Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864 · ca. 1790–1810

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish with Sailing-Ship Design

Dish with Sailing-Ship Design

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Sampler

Sampler

Artist not stated in the record · 1826

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. 52 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. 1524796 matched · 40 examined · 6 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 2026-08-30 18:49 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.