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 “Glass pendant in the form of a miniature jug” — 64 records examined, 21 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 23:52 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.
Miniature secretary incorporating a watch, by James Cox

Miniature secretary incorporating a watch

James Cox · ca. 1766–72

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Jug

Design for a Jug

Artist not stated in the record · 1880–1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Nécessaire (one of a pair), by John Barbot

Nécessaire (one of a pair)

John Barbot · ca. 1760

Public domainThe Met
Locket

Locket

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1866

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
Design for a Pendant Trophy, by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

Design for a Pendant Trophy

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808 · 1772–77

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 · ca. 4th century CE

Public domainThe Met
Untitled (Memory Jug with Glass Eye, Advertising Buttons, and Shells), by Unidentified

Untitled (Memory Jug with Glass Eye, Advertising Buttons, and Shells)

Unidentified · ca. 1890-1920

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

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

Adam Weisweiler · ca. 1787

Public domainThe Met
pitcher, cream

pitcher, cream

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Automaton in the form of a chariot pushed by a Chinese attendant and set with a clock, by James Cox

Automaton in the form of a chariot pushed by a Chinese attendant and set with a clock

James Cox · 1766

Public domainThe Met
Handscreen

Handscreen

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

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
Jug

Jug

Artist not stated in the record · mid- 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mechanical table, by Jean Henri Riesener

Mechanical table

Jean Henri Riesener · 1781

Public domainThe Met
George III sterling silver cream jug with interior gold wash, by William Fountain, English

George III sterling silver cream jug with interior gold wash

William Fountain, English · 1806

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Flintlock Target Pistol of Prince William Frederick, Second Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776–1834), with Case and Accessories, by Wogdon & Barton

Flintlock Target Pistol of Prince William Frederick, Second Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776–1834), with Case and Accessories

Wogdon & Barton · 1801–3

Public domainThe Met
Ornaments

Ornaments

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1890

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–early 5th century CE

Public domainThe Met
Milk Jug, by Wallendorf Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1764

Milk Jug

Wallendorf Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1764 · ca. 1800

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

Glass pendant in the form of a miniature jug or gourd

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

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Jug, by Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801

Design for a Jug

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801 · 1764

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

Glass pendant in the form of a miniature jug or gourd

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

Public domainThe Met
Purse (pence jug)

Purse (pence jug)

Artist not stated in the record · 1830–60

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. 4352 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. 7484492 matched · 40 examined · 21 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 23:52 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.