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 “Double Spout and Bridge Bottle with Falcoln” — 64 records examined, 27 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 05:47 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 with Falcoln

Double Spout and Bridge Bottle with Falcoln

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

Public domainThe Met
Teapot with "Hausmaler" Decor, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Teapot with "Hausmaler" Decor

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · 1725–1730

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

Whistling vessel

Maya artist(s) · 400–500 CE

Public domainThe Met
Vessel, by Christopher Dresser, Scottish, 1834–1904

Vessel

Christopher Dresser, Scottish, 1834–1904 · 1879–82

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Double Spout Bottle

Double Spout Bottle

Artist not stated in the record · 2nd–4th century

Public domainThe Met
Teapot, by Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory, German, established by 1753

Teapot

Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory, German, established by 1753 · 1765–1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Double Spout Bottle

Double Spout Bottle

Artist not stated in the record · 2nd–4th century

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
Portrait Head Bottle

Portrait Head Bottle

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

Public domainThe Met
Teapot (Théière), by Bourg-la-Reine Porcelain Factory, French, ca. 1773 – 1805

Teapot (Théière)

Bourg-la-Reine Porcelain Factory, French, ca. 1773 – 1805 · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
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
Coffeepot

Coffeepot

Artist not stated in the record · 1750-1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Glass double head-shaped bottle

Glass double head-shaped bottle

Artist not stated in the record · 2nd century CE

Public domainThe Met
Bottle

Bottle

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1810

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
Bottle

Bottle

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1810

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Double-spout bottle with flying figure, by Nasca artist(s)

Double-spout bottle with flying figure

Nasca artist(s) · 300–500 CE

Public domainThe Met
Coffeepot

Coffeepot

Artist not stated in the record · 1750–1799

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gourd-shaped bottle, by Topará artist(s)

Gourd-shaped bottle

Topará artist(s) · 200 BCE–100 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
Bridge and Spout Bottle with Falcoln

Bridge and Spout Bottle with Falcoln

Artist not stated in the record · 7th–4th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for Cartouche Forming a Bridge (Horizontal), by Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761

Design for Cartouche Forming a Bridge (Horizontal)

Jacques de Lajoüe, French, 1687–1761 · 1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Double-spout bottle, by Paracas artist(s)

Double-spout bottle

Paracas artist(s) · 200 BCE–100 CE

Public domainThe Met
Overdoor

Overdoor

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1810

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. 125 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. 1548169 matched · 40 examined · 27 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 05:47 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.