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. 20 shown for “John Swift II” — 64 records examined, 35 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 19:21 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.
Coffeepot, by John Swift II

Coffeepot

John Swift II · 1774–75

Public domainThe Met
John Swift and William Freret, by Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861

John Swift and William Freret

Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861 · 1843

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mace, by John Swift II

Mace

John Swift II · 19th century, after 1766 original

Public domainThe Met
Jolly Old Cock, by Max Rosenthal, 23 Nov 1833 - 8 Aug 1918

Jolly Old Cock

Max Rosenthal, 23 Nov 1833 - 8 Aug 1918 · 1851

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

Artist not stated in the record · second quarter of the 8th century

Public domainThe Met
Potamogeton gramineus L.

Potamogeton gramineus L.

Artist not stated in the record · 28 Jul 1893

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tea caddy with spoon (one of a set of three), by John Swift

Tea caddy with spoon (one of a set of three)

John Swift · 1762–63

Public domainThe Met
Potamogeton gramineus L.

Potamogeton gramineus L.

Artist not stated in the record · 28 Jul 1893

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tea caddy with spoon (one of a set of three), by John Swift

Tea caddy with spoon (one of a set of three)

John Swift · 1762–63

Public domainThe Met
Celtis occidentalis L.

Celtis occidentalis L.

Artist not stated in the record · 4 May 2005

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tea caddy with spoon (one of a set of three), by John Swift

Tea caddy with spoon (one of a set of three)

John Swift · 1762–63

Public domainThe Met
Viburnum lentago L.

Viburnum lentago L.

Artist not stated in the record · 7 Jun 1950

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Amuletic plaque of Paser, the Vizier of Seti I and Ramesses II, by Paser

Amuletic plaque of Paser, the Vizier of Seti I and Ramesses II

Paser · ca. 1300–1200 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Celtis occidentalis L.

Celtis occidentalis L.

Artist not stated in the record · 29 Aug 2004

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saint John on Patmos, by Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien)

Saint John on Patmos

Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) · ca. 1511

Public domainThe Met
Humulus japonicus Siebold & Zucc.

Humulus japonicus Siebold & Zucc.

Artist not stated in the record · 29 Aug 2004

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Buddha Preaching

Buddha Preaching

Artist not stated in the record · 8th century

Public domainThe Met
Vanderbilt Mantelpiece, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Vanderbilt Mantelpiece

Augustus Saint-Gaudens · ca. 1881–83

Public domainThe Met
St. John the Evangelist, by Capodimonte Porcelain Manufactory

St. John the Evangelist

Capodimonte Porcelain Manufactory · ca. 1744

Public domainThe Met
Human-headed winged lion (lamassu)

Human-headed winged lion (lamassu)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 883–859 BCE

Public domainThe Met
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. 3062 matched · 24 examined · 3 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. 294787 matched · 40 examined · 32 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.8 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-08-27 19:21 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.