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 “Jar with Scrolling Vine and Gourds” — 64 records examined, 3 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-30 00:22 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.
Jar with Scrolling Vine and Gourds

Jar with Scrolling Vine and Gourds

Artist not stated in the record · 15th–16th century

Public domainThe Met
LA DANSE BACHIQUE, by Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721

LA DANSE BACHIQUE

Antoine Watteau, French, 1684–1721 · 1723-1735

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jar with painted vines

Jar with painted vines

Artist not stated in the record · 270 B.C.–A.D. 320

Public domainThe Met
jar

jar

Artist not stated in the record · 18th Century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scepter (ruyi) with gourds and vines

Scepter (ruyi) with gourds and vines

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th–early 19th century

Public domainThe Met
CARTOCOSTI

CARTOCOSTI

Artist not stated in the record · 18th Century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gourd-shaped vase with gourds and bats

Gourd-shaped vase with gourds and bats

Artist not stated in the record · early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Ceiling paper, by Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York

Ceiling paper

Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York · 1905–1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Enjoying the Evening Cool under a Gourd Trellis, by Utagawa Toyohiro

Enjoying the Evening Cool under a Gourd Trellis

Utagawa Toyohiro · early 19th century

Public domainThe Met
R. Nardi Yndica

R. Nardi Yndica

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Carpet with Scrolling Vines and Blossoms

Carpet with Scrolling Vines and Blossoms

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1650

Public domainThe Met
Albarello, Bol Armenic

Albarello, Bol Armenic

Artist not stated in the record · 1500 - 1599

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Openwork jar with peonies

Openwork jar with peonies

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th–early 19th century

Public domainThe Met
MANN: CANNAL, by Pennis, Johannis

MANN: CANNAL

Pennis, Johannis · 1723-1774

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Potpourri bowl with cover

Potpourri bowl with cover

Artist not stated in the record · stoneware 18th century, mounts 1745–49

Public domainThe Met
Bolus Arme nica

Bolus Arme nica

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase with Scrolling Vines

Vase with Scrolling Vines

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Cort. Cinnam

Cort. Cinnam

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Censer Frame with Inhabited Vine Scroll

Censer Frame with Inhabited Vine Scroll

Artist not stated in the record · 6th century

Public domainThe Met
Snuff bottle and stopper

Snuff bottle and stopper

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fragment of a Painted Cornice Panel with Scrolling Vines

Fragment of a Painted Cornice Panel with Scrolling Vines

Artist not stated in the record · 11th century

Public domainThe Met
Ceiling paper

Ceiling paper

Artist not stated in the record · 1905–1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Circular Fragment with a Vine Scroll Motif

Circular Fragment with a Vine Scroll Motif

Artist not stated in the record · 1000–1100

Public domainThe Met
Frieze, by Keystone Wall-Paper Company

Frieze

Keystone Wall-Paper Company · 1905–1915

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. 382 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. 1530377 matched · 40 examined · 3 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 2026-08-30 00:22 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.