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-handled vase” — 42 records examined, 6 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-04 12:21 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 gourd vase with ruyi scepter-shaped handles

Double gourd vase with ruyi scepter-shaped handles

Artist not stated in the record · early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by St. G..., active 18th century

Ornamental Vase Design

St. G..., active 18th century · 1772-1777

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by George E. Ohr

Vase

George E. Ohr · ca. 1897–1900

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Title Page

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by George E. Ohr

Vase

George E. Ohr · ca. 1897–1900

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809

Ornamental Vase Design

Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809 · 1760

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta oinochoe: olpe (jug)

Terracotta oinochoe: olpe (jug)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 460–440 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Waistcoat

Design for a Waistcoat

Artist not stated in the record · 1780-1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta spiral amphora (jar)

Terracotta spiral amphora (jar)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 675–650 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Double-handled vase

Double-handled vase

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1893–1909

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta kyathos (cup-shaped ladle)

Terracotta kyathos (cup-shaped ladle)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 520–510 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Designs, by Théodore Bertren, active in France, 18th century

Ornamental Vase Designs

Théodore Bertren, active in France, 18th century · 1772

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with double handles, by Diosphos Painter

Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with double handles

Diosphos Painter · ca. 500 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Project for a Vase

Project for a Vase

Artist not stated in the record · 1750–1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Glass pendant in the form of a miniature jug

Glass pendant in the form of a miniature jug

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

Public domainThe Met
Six chalices, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Six chalices

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1780–1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta conical lekythos-oinochoe (combination oil flask and jug)

Terracotta conical lekythos-oinochoe (combination oil flask and jug)

Artist not stated in the record · late 8th–early 7th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Decoration du Lambris du côté du Jardin, by Jean Mansart de Jouy, French, 1705 - 1783

Decoration du Lambris du côté du Jardin

Jean Mansart de Jouy, French, 1705 - 1783 · 1750–75

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jug Decorated with Dolphins and Birds

Jug Decorated with Dolphins and Birds

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1750–1550 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Bouquet holder, leaves and berries, double chain

Bouquet holder, leaves and berries, double chain

Artist not stated in the record · ca.1830-1920

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Glass hexagonal jug

Glass hexagonal jug

Artist not stated in the record · 1st century CE

Public domainThe Met
Bouquet holder, leaf motif

Bouquet holder, leaf motif

Artist not stated in the record · ca.1830-1920

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handles): two female heads, by Brygos Painter

Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handles): two female heads

Brygos Painter · ca. 490–480 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Bouquet holder, crown top, mother of pearl handle

Bouquet holder, crown top, mother of pearl handle

Artist not stated in the record · ca.1830-1920

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. 34 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 18 matched · 18 examined · 4 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 2026-09-04 12:21 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.