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 “Hexagonal vase with Rococo-style flowers” — 64 records examined, 2 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-07 23:41 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.
Hexagonal vase with Rococo-style flowers

Hexagonal vase with Rococo-style flowers

Artist not stated in the record · mid-18th century

Public domainThe Met
Vase with Flowers, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Vase with Flowers

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by Anthony W. Baecher

Vase

Anthony W. Baecher · 1880–89

Public domainThe Met
Man Dancing with a Mask, by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

Man Dancing with a Mask

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808 · mid- 18th–late 18th century

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

Potpourri vase (pot-pourri gondole)

Sèvres Manufactory · 1757

Public domainThe Met
Four Figures in a Fantastical Garden, by Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769

Four Figures in a Fantastical Garden

Alexis Peyrotte, French, 1699–1769 · 1738–49

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
Panel Design (Right Plate), by Bellay, French, active from 1734

Panel Design (Right Plate)

Bellay, French, active from 1734 · ca.1734-49

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by Ott and Brewer

Vase

Ott and Brewer · 1880–90

Public domainThe Met
Doors and Paneling (Broiseries) Design, by Jean Mondon, French, fl. 1736 – 1745

Doors and Paneling (Broiseries) Design

Jean Mondon, French, fl. 1736 – 1745 · 1749

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase with cover, by Longton Hall

Vase with cover

Longton Hall · ca. 1755–1757

Public domainThe Met
Design for Ceiling Ornament, by François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768

Design for Ceiling Ornament

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768 · 1745

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hexagonal vase with openwork decoration

Hexagonal vase with openwork decoration

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for Ceiling Ornament, by François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768

Design for Ceiling Ornament

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768 · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hexagonal vase with cloud-shaped handles

Hexagonal vase with cloud-shaped handles

Artist not stated in the record · 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Border

Border

Artist not stated in the record · early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase (vase à tête d'éléphant) (one of a pair), by Jean-Claude Duplessis

Vase (vase à tête d'éléphant) (one of a pair)

Jean-Claude Duplessis · ca. 1758

Public domainThe Met
Sidewall

Sidewall

Artist not stated in the record · 1840s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase (vase à tête d'éléphant) (one of a pair), by Jean-Claude Duplessis

Vase (vase à tête d'éléphant) (one of a pair)

Jean-Claude Duplessis · ca. 1758

Public domainThe Met
Bouquet holder, flower motif

Bouquet holder, flower motif

Artist not stated in the record · ca.1830-1920

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hexagonal flower vase with magic fungus handles

Hexagonal flower vase with magic fungus handles

Artist not stated in the record · 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Bouquet holder, enamel vase and handle

Bouquet holder, enamel vase and handle

Artist not stated in the record · ca.1830-1920

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel with Flowers in Vase and Scholar's Objects

Panel with Flowers in Vase and Scholar's Objects

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Bouquet holder, tripod with purple stones

Bouquet holder, tripod with purple stones

Artist not stated in the record · ca.1830-1920

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. 30 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. 532 matched · 40 examined · 0 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 2026-09-07 23:41 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.