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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 “Glass cantharus (cup with two handles)” — 64 records examined, 10 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 19:38 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.
Glass cantharus (cup with two handles)

Glass cantharus (cup with two handles)

Artist not stated in the record · 1st century CE

Public domainThe Met
Sample Sheet, Two Designs for Cups and Saucers

Sample Sheet, Two Designs for Cups and Saucers

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), by Martin Carlin

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Martin Carlin · ca. 1776

Public domainThe Met
Sample Sheet, Two Designs for Cups and Saucers

Sample Sheet, Two Designs for Cups and Saucers

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall clock (cartel), by Etienne LeNoir

Wall clock (cartel)

Etienne LeNoir · ca. 1735–40

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Set of Silver Tableware, by Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828

Design for a Set of Silver Tableware

Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828 · 1815–30

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Glass gladiator cup

Glass gladiator cup

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 50–80 CE

Public domainThe Met
Sample Sheet, Two Designs for Cups and Saucers

Sample Sheet, Two Designs for Cups and Saucers

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Glass cantharus (drinking cup)

Glass cantharus (drinking cup)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 40–80 CE

Public domainThe Met
Sample Sheet, Two Designs for Cups and Saucers

Sample Sheet, Two Designs for Cups and Saucers

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Glass cup

Glass cup

Artist not stated in the record · 3rd century CE

Public domainThe Met
Two-Handled Cup, by John Samuel Hunt, English, 1785 – 1865

Two-Handled Cup

John Samuel Hunt, English, 1785 – 1865 · 1855

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Glass hexagonal amphoriskos

Glass hexagonal amphoriskos

Artist not stated in the record · 1st half of 1st century CE

Public domainThe Met
Cup with "Etruscan" Handles and Saucer (Gobelet à Anses Etrusques et Soucoupe), by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

Cup with "Etruscan" Handles and Saucer (Gobelet à Anses Etrusques et Soucoupe)

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 · 1795–1805

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta cantharus (drinking cup)

Terracotta cantharus (drinking cup)

Artist not stated in the record · 1st century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Glass Beaker, from a Buen Retiro Porcelain Tea or Coffee Set

Glass Beaker, from a Buen Retiro Porcelain Tea or Coffee Set

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1803

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Broth bowl with cover and stand (écuelle ronde et plateau rond), by Vincennes Manufactory

Broth bowl with cover and stand (écuelle ronde et plateau rond)

Vincennes Manufactory · ca. 1752–53

Public domainThe Met
Covered Two-Handled Cup and Saucer, by Coalport Porcelain Factory, English, active late 18th - 20th centuries

Covered Two-Handled Cup and Saucer

Coalport Porcelain Factory, English, active late 18th - 20th centuries · ca. 1830

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase (vase chinois) (one of a pair), by Sèvres Manufactory

Vase (vase chinois) (one of a pair)

Sèvres Manufactory · 1791

Public domainThe Met
Egg cup

Egg cup

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Glass jug, by Ennion

Glass jug

Ennion · 1st half of 1st century CE

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute"), by Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

Cup and Saucer, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735 · ca. 1810–1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase (vase gothique Fragonard) (one of a pair), by Alexandre Evariste Fragonard

Vase (vase gothique Fragonard) (one of a pair)

Alexandre Evariste Fragonard · manufactured 1832, decorated 1844

Public domainThe Met
Beaker with Two Handles and Saucer

Beaker with Two Handles and Saucer

Artist not stated in the record · possibly 19th century

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. 1082 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. 339690 matched · 40 examined · 10 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 2026-09-02 19:38 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.