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 “Double Spout and Bridge Bottle in Feline Shape” — 64 records examined, 34 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 03:48 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.
Double Spout and Bridge Bottle in Feline Shape

Double Spout and Bridge Bottle in Feline Shape

Artist not stated in the record · 5th–3rd century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Teapot with Allegorical Scenes of "Africa" and "America", by Höchst Ceramics Manufactory, German, 1746 - 1796

Teapot with Allegorical Scenes of "Africa" and "America"

Höchst Ceramics Manufactory, German, 1746 - 1796 · ca. 1765

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bottle in the shape of a feline, by Wari artist(s)

Bottle in the shape of a feline

Wari artist(s) · 600–900 CE

Public domainThe Met
Design for an Urn on a Stand with a Spirit Lamp, by Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868

Design for an Urn on a Stand with a Spirit Lamp

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868 · 1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bottle with caiman, by Cupisnique artist(s)

Bottle with caiman

Cupisnique artist(s) · 1000–800 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Scent Bottle

Scent Bottle

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Whistling vessel, by Maya artist(s)

Whistling vessel

Maya artist(s) · 400–500 CE

Public domainThe Met
Double-Ended Scent Bottle

Double-Ended Scent Bottle

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Spout-and-bridge bottle with feline face, by Paracas artist(s)

Spout-and-bridge bottle with feline face

Paracas artist(s) · 800–550 BCE

Public domainThe Met
White and pink pitcher and washbowl owned by members of the Ellis family, by S. Bridgwood & Son, English, 1805 - 1853

White and pink pitcher and washbowl owned by members of the Ellis family

S. Bridgwood & Son, English, 1805 - 1853 · late 19th-early 20th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stirrup-spout bottle with feline, by Chimú artist(s)

Stirrup-spout bottle with feline

Chimú artist(s) · 1100–1470 CE

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Two Ewers and a Swing-Handle Bowl, by Luzio Romano, Italian, active 1528 – 1575

Designs for Two Ewers and a Swing-Handle Bowl

Luzio Romano, Italian, active 1528 – 1575 · mid- 16th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Double bowl, by Inca artist(s)

Double bowl

Inca artist(s) · 1400–1535 CE

Public domainThe Met
Stirrup-spout bottle with mountain sacrifice scene, by Moche artist

Stirrup-spout bottle with mountain sacrifice scene

Moche artist · 500–800 CE

Public domainThe Met
Stirrup-spout bottle with seated figure, by Moche artist(s)

Stirrup-spout bottle with seated figure

Moche artist(s) · 200 CE–500 CE

Public domainThe Met
Stirrup-spout bottle with feline and snake, by Cupisnique artist(s)

Stirrup-spout bottle with feline and snake

Cupisnique artist(s) · 1200–800 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Stirrup-spout bottle with feline, by Chimú artist(s)

Stirrup-spout bottle with feline

Chimú artist(s) · 1350–1470 CE

Public domainThe Met
Portrait Head Bottle

Portrait Head Bottle

Artist not stated in the record · 5th–6th century

Public domainThe Met
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. 120 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. 7482081 matched · 40 examined · 34 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.6 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-01 03:48 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.