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 “Dish with dragon handles” — 64 records examined, 23 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 18:55 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

Dish

Artist not stated in the record · 1425–50

Public domainThe Met
Sweetmeat Dish, by Grieksche A [de] (the Greek A Factory), Delft, Netherlands, founded 1658

Sweetmeat Dish

Grieksche A [de] (the Greek A Factory), Delft, Netherlands, founded 1658 · 1686–1701

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish with dragon handles

Dish with dragon handles

Artist not stated in the record · 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Pickle Dish and Spear, by Wood & Hughes, New York, U.S.A., 1845 – 1899

Pickle Dish and Spear

Wood & Hughes, New York, U.S.A., 1845 – 1899 · 1871–1899

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
Basket, lid and dish, by Wedgwood, English, established 1759

Basket, lid and dish

Wedgwood, English, established 1759 · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish

Dish

Artist not stated in the record · 11th–12th century

Public domainThe Met
Basket-Shaped Dessert Dish with Boat Scene, by John Ridgway, English, ca. 1785 – 1860

Basket-Shaped Dessert Dish with Boat Scene

John Ridgway, English, ca. 1785 – 1860 · ca. 1835

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish

Dish

Artist not stated in the record · 4th century

Public domainThe Met
Covered Butter Dish (One of a Pair), by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Covered Butter Dish (One of a Pair)

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · ca. 1735

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish

Dish

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

Public domainThe Met
Covered Butter Dish (One of a Pair), by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Covered Butter Dish (One of a Pair)

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · ca. 1735

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cup with dragon handles and saucer

Cup with dragon handles and saucer

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Covered Dish (with Tray), by Haviland & Co., French, established ca. 1838

Covered Dish (with Tray)

Haviland & Co., French, established ca. 1838 · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall clock (cartel), by Etienne LeNoir

Wall clock (cartel)

Etienne LeNoir · ca. 1735–40

Public domainThe Met
Dish, ladle and tray, by Wedgwood, English, established 1759

Dish, ladle and tray

Wedgwood, English, established 1759 · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chafing Dish, by Peter Van Dyck

Chafing Dish

Peter Van Dyck · ca. 1725

Public domainThe Met
Candy dish

Candy dish

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish with dragon

Dish with dragon

Artist not stated in the record · 1680–1700

Public domainThe Met
Sweetmeats Dish, by Royal Worcester, English, established 1751

Sweetmeats Dish

Royal Worcester, English, established 1751 · 1813–1840

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cup with dragon handles

Cup with dragon handles

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Écuelle, by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

Écuelle

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 · ca. 1766

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jar with dragon handles

Jar with dragon handles

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Dish and cover, by Wedgwood, English, established 1759

Dish and cover

Wedgwood, English, established 1759 · ca. 1880

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. 366 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. 312343 matched · 40 examined · 23 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 18:55 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.