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 “Esther Scroll and Case” — 64 records examined, 17 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-04 18:41 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.
Esther Scroll and Case

Esther Scroll and Case

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Case

Case

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Table clock with calendar, by Lucien Falize

Table clock with calendar

Lucien Falize · 1881

Public domainThe Met
Cartel Clock Case Design, by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

Cartel Clock Case Design

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742 · 1738

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall clock (cartel) with movement of later date, by Jacques Caffieri

Wall clock (cartel) with movement of later date

Jacques Caffieri · case ca. 1745–49; movement ca. 1756

Public domainThe Met
Designs for a Case Cover, Roundels, and Ornament, by Pierre Bourdon, French, ca. 1656 – 1708 after

Designs for a Case Cover, Roundels, and Ornament

Pierre Bourdon, French, ca. 1656 – 1708 after · 1703

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mantel clock (horloge de cheminée), by Jean-Joseph de Saint Germain

Mantel clock (horloge de cheminée)

Jean-Joseph de Saint Germain · ca. 1745

Public domainThe Met
Case

Case

Artist not stated in the record · 16th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scroll

Scroll

Artist not stated in the record · 17th–19th century

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Clock Cases and Bronze Figures, by André-Charles Boulle, French, 1642 – 1732

Designs for Clock Cases and Bronze Figures

André-Charles Boulle, French, 1642 – 1732 · ca. 1715

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Goa Stone and Gold Case

Goa Stone and Gold Case

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th–early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Mantel Clock Case Design, by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

Mantel Clock Case Design

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742 · 1738

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Watch case, by George Harrison

Watch case

George Harrison · probably ca. 1770

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Candlesticks, Cartel Clock Case, and a Trophy, by Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820

Designs for Candlesticks, Cartel Clock Case, and a Trophy

Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820 · 1777–78

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Six Jewel Rivers, by Sakai Ōho

Six Jewel Rivers

Sakai Ōho · ca. 1839

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Two Incense Burners and a Cartel Clock Case, by Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820

Designs for Two Incense Burners and a Cartel Clock Case

Henri Sallembier, French, ca. 1753 - 1820 · 1777

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lacquer Mirror Case, by Fathallah Shirazi

Lacquer Mirror Case

Fathallah Shirazi · dated 1295 AH/1878 CE

Public domainThe Met
Cutlery sheath and cap

Cutlery sheath and cap

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab with Scroll and Hieroglyphs

Scarab with Scroll and Hieroglyphs

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1740–1640 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Cutlery case

Cutlery case

Artist not stated in the record · 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Qur'an Case

Qur'an Case

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

Public domainThe Met
Clock and key

Clock and key

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Needle case and bobbin

Needle case and bobbin

Artist not stated in the record · 12th–13th century

Public domainThe Met
Trophy Cup and Case, by Abraham Drentwet, German, 1647 – 1727

Trophy Cup and Case

Abraham Drentwet, German, 1647 – 1727 · 1773–75

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. 426 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. 1468235 matched · 40 examined · 17 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 18:41 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.