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 “Gold hoop with glass pendant in the form of a youthful head” — 64 records examined, 23 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-06 15:13 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.
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
Locket

Locket

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1866

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gold hoop with glass pendant in the form of a youthful head

Gold hoop with glass pendant in the form of a youthful head

Artist not stated in the record · late 2nd–1st century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Button, by Agostino Brunias, Italian, ca. 1730–1796

Button

Agostino Brunias, Italian, ca. 1730–1796 · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gold-inlaid Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver (serial no. 20133), with Case and Accessories, by Samuel Colt

Gold-inlaid Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver (serial no. 20133), with Case and Accessories

Samuel Colt · ca. 1853

Public domainThe Met
Pendant Design, by Hans Collaert the Elder, Flemish, ca. 1530 - 1581

Pendant Design

Hans Collaert the Elder, Flemish, ca. 1530 - 1581 · 1582

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Two wall sconces (Bras de cheminée), by Jean-Claude Duplessis

Two wall sconces (Bras de cheminée)

Jean-Claude Duplessis · ca. 1761

Public domainThe Met
Pendant Design, by Hans Collaert the Elder, Flemish, ca. 1530 - 1581

Pendant Design

Hans Collaert the Elder, Flemish, ca. 1530 - 1581 · 1582

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sallet in the Shape of a Lion's Head

Sallet in the Shape of a Lion's Head

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1475–80

Public domainThe Met
Pleated fan

Pleated fan

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Processional Cross

Processional Cross

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1150–75

Public domainThe Met
Venus and Cupids

Venus and Cupids

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1880

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Set of jewelry

Set of jewelry

Artist not stated in the record · early 5th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Pendant

Pendant

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1870

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
Brooch in the form of a pansy, by Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

Brooch in the form of a pansy

Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853 · ca. 1900

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
Design for an Oil-burning Pendant Lamp

Design for an Oil-burning Pendant Lamp

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Potpourri vase (pot-pourri à vaisseau), by Sèvres Manufactory

Potpourri vase (pot-pourri à vaisseau)

Sèvres Manufactory · 1758

Public domainThe Met
Cupids

Cupids

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1880

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pendant

Pendant

Artist not stated in the record · early 600s

Public domainThe Met
Magnifying Glass

Magnifying Glass

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pendant

Pendant

Artist not stated in the record · early 600s

Public domainThe Met
Head of a Turbaned Youth

Head of a Turbaned Youth

Artist not stated in the record · 1730–40

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. 514 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. 7484752 matched · 40 examined · 23 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 2026-09-06 15:13 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.