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 “Glazed Spouted Pot” — 64 records examined, 27 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 22:31 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.
Glazed Spouted Pot

Glazed Spouted Pot

Artist not stated in the record · 4th–7th century

Public domainThe Met
Teapot and lid, by John Turner, Lane End, Staffordshire, England, 1759 - 1780

Teapot and lid

John Turner, Lane End, Staffordshire, England, 1759 - 1780 · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chocolate Pot, by Tiffany & Co.

Chocolate Pot

Tiffany & Co. · 1879

Public domainThe Met
Posset Pot, by De Paauw (Peacock) Factory, Dutch, active 1651 - 1774

Posset Pot

De Paauw (Peacock) Factory, Dutch, active 1651 - 1774 · 1705–40

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase with cover (part of a garniture), by Lambertus van Eenhoorn

Vase with cover (part of a garniture)

Lambertus van Eenhoorn · ca. 1690

Public domainThe Met
Satsuma ware sake ewer

Satsuma ware sake ewer

Artist not stated in the record · second half of 17th-18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Water jar with spout (vase à bec)

Water jar with spout (vase à bec)

Artist not stated in the record · second half 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Vase

Vase

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pot

Pot

Artist not stated in the record · 1st–3rd century

Public domainThe Met
Pitcher

Pitcher

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pot, by Makuzu Kōzan I (Miyagawa Toranosuke)

Pot

Makuzu Kōzan I (Miyagawa Toranosuke) · 1890

Public domainThe Met
Pitcher

Pitcher

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Engraved spouted jar, by Maya artist(s)

Engraved spouted jar

Maya artist(s) · 50 BCE–100 CE

Public domainThe Met
Pot used to serve coffee or tea from Wormley's Hotel

Pot used to serve coffee or tea from Wormley's Hotel

Artist not stated in the record · 1885

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pot

Pot

Artist not stated in the record · 4th–7th century

Public domainThe Met
Chocolate Pot with Camaieu Landscapes

Chocolate Pot with Camaieu Landscapes

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Posset pot, by Lambeth Factories

Posset pot

Lambeth Factories · ca. 1687

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
Footed pot

Footed pot

Artist not stated in the record · 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Vessel, by Christopher Dresser, Scottish, 1834–1904

Vessel

Christopher Dresser, Scottish, 1834–1904 · 1879–82

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pot

Pot

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 3rd–7th century CE

Public domainThe Met
Teapot, by Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

Teapot

Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967 · 1882

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pot

Pot

Artist not stated in the record · 1820

Public domainThe Met
Coffeepot with Battle Scenes (Bataillen-Malerei), by Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763

Coffeepot with Battle Scenes (Bataillen-Malerei)

Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763 · 1870–1900

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. 1498 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. 19277 matched · 40 examined · 25 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 2026-09-01 22:31 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.