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. 22 shown for “Footed pot” — 64 records examined, 30 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 00:44 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.
Footed pot

Footed pot

Artist not stated in the record · 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Jar, by Pipsshank

Jar

Pipsshank · 1884

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Creampot, by Paul Revere Jr.

Creampot

Paul Revere Jr. · ca. 1795

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

Coffeepot with "Hausmaler" Decor

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · 1725–1735

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pot

Pot

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
LE LAVEMENT RENDU, by Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759

LE LAVEMENT RENDU

Christophe Huet, French, 1695 – 1759 · 1743

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mustard pot or milk pot, by Jean-Baptiste-François Chéret

Mustard pot or milk pot

Jean-Baptiste-François Chéret · 1763–64

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Teapot

Design for a Teapot

Artist not stated in the record · 1880–1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chocolate Pot, by Edward Winslow

Chocolate Pot

Edward Winslow · 1700–1710

Public domainThe Met
George III sterling silver coffee pot

George III sterling silver coffee pot

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hot milk pot, by Alois Simpert Eschenlohr

Hot milk pot

Alois Simpert Eschenlohr · 1823–24

Public domainThe Met
Design for the Decoration of a Panel, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for the Decoration of a Panel

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1775-1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Base of a Footed Buff Ware Vessel

Base of a Footed Buff Ware Vessel

Artist not stated in the record · late 8th–9th century

Public domainThe Met
Bowl, Takatori ware

Bowl, Takatori ware

Artist not stated in the record · 1600-1630

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Creampot, by William W. Gilbert

Creampot

William W. Gilbert · 1790–1800

Public domainThe Met
Bowl and lid, by Metaale Pot [de] (the Metal Pot Factory)

Bowl and lid

Metaale Pot [de] (the Metal Pot Factory) · ca. 1690–1710

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Coffin of Teti

Coffin of Teti

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
plate, by Metaale Pot [de] (the Metal Pot Factory)

plate

Metaale Pot [de] (the Metal Pot Factory) · 1691–1721

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wine Vessel with Daoist Immortals

Wine Vessel with Daoist Immortals

Artist not stated in the record

Public domainThe Met
Ewer

Ewer

Artist not stated in the record · 18th–19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Creamer, by Christian Wiltberger

Creamer

Christian Wiltberger · ca. 1800

Public domainThe Met
Small Dish (Kozara) with Flower Arrangement in a Pot

Small Dish (Kozara) with Flower Arrangement in a Pot

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1620–40

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. 137 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. 28181 matched · 40 examined · 30 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.10 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-02 00:44 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.