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 “Lion-shaped stamp seal with name of Amenemhat II” — 64 records examined, 25 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 17:44 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.
Lion-shaped stamp seal with name of Amenemhat II

Lion-shaped stamp seal with name of Amenemhat II

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1859–1813 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Silver label for rum decanter

Silver label for rum decanter

Artist not stated in the record · 1802

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cylinder seal with the name of Amenemhat II

Cylinder seal with the name of Amenemhat II

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1802–1550 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Silver Coffee Urn, by Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868

Design for a Silver Coffee Urn

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868 · 1820–35

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cylinder seal with name of Amenemhat II and that of princess Khenemetneferhedjet

Cylinder seal with name of Amenemhat II and that of princess Khenemetneferhedjet

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1919–1840 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Special passport for William Callahan

Special passport for William Callahan

Artist not stated in the record · 1943

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish Inscribed with the Throne Name of Thutmose II

Dish Inscribed with the Throne Name of Thutmose II

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1491–1479 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Covered Cup

Covered Cup

Artist not stated in the record · 1748

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Inscribed "Hatshepsut, United with Amun"

Scarab Inscribed "Hatshepsut, United with Amun"

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
George III silver sugar tongs

George III silver sugar tongs

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Inscribed with the Name Hatshepsut

Scarab Inscribed with the Name Hatshepsut

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
George III sterling silver sugar tongs

George III sterling silver sugar tongs

Artist not stated in the record · 1795

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab with Lion-headed Goddess Protecting Maatkare

Scarab with Lion-headed Goddess Protecting Maatkare

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Elevation of a Sauce Boat, by Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868

Elevation of a Sauce Boat

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868 · 1810

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Inscribed with the Name Maatkare Over a Papyrus Thicket

Scarab Inscribed with the Name Maatkare Over a Papyrus Thicket

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
American Postage Meter Company machine head, by American Postage Meter Company

American Postage Meter Company machine head

American Postage Meter Company · 1912

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Inscribed with the Name Maatkare Over a Papyrus Thicket

Scarab Inscribed with the Name Maatkare Over a Papyrus Thicket

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Grapevine Basket, by Ira Blount

Grapevine Basket

Ira Blount · late 20th Century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Inscribed with the Name Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

Scarab Inscribed with the Name Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
George III sterling silver coffee pot

George III sterling silver coffee pot

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Inscribed with the Name Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

Scarab Inscribed with the Name Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and ribbon bar awarded to George Francis Bland, by Thomas Hudson Jones, American, 1892 - 1969

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and ribbon bar awarded to George Francis Bland

Thomas Hudson Jones, American, 1892 - 1969 · ca. 1942

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Inscribed with the Name Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

Scarab Inscribed with the Name Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Women's Army Corps uniform worn by Private First Class Ara Belle Brown Jennings

Women's Army Corps uniform worn by Private First Class Ara Belle Brown Jennings

Artist not stated in the record · 1944

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. 65 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. 107 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 2026-08-27 17:44 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.