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 “Lobed bowl with a royal inscription” — 64 records examined, 20 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 07:49 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.
Lobed bowl with a royal inscription

Lobed bowl with a royal inscription

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 465–424 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Sugar Bowl, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute"), by Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

Sugar Bowl, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735 · ca. 1810–1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription

Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription

Artist not stated in the record · early 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a gateway, by Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805

Design for a gateway

Filippo Marchionni, Italian, 1732–1805 · 1750–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with Arabic Inscription

Bowl with Arabic Inscription

Artist not stated in the record · 10th century

Public domainThe Met
A Pair of Dishes

A Pair of Dishes

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th–early 20th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · 8th–9th century

Public domainThe Met
Sugar Bowl and Stand, from a Dessert Service (Sucrier et son Plateau), by Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1725 - ca. 1789

Sugar Bowl and Stand, from a Dessert Service (Sucrier et son Plateau)

Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1725 - ca. 1789 · ca. 1735

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish with lobed rim

Dish with lobed rim

Artist not stated in the record · 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Double-Handled Porringer (Écuelle), by Johann Erhard Heuglin II, German, 1687 – 1757

Double-Handled Porringer (Écuelle)

Johann Erhard Heuglin II, German, 1687 – 1757 · ca. 1725

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
One from a Pair of Ear Ornaments (Prakaravapra Kundala)

One from a Pair of Ear Ornaments (Prakaravapra Kundala)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1st century BCE–1st century CE

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Silver Serving Pieces, by Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828

Designs for Silver Serving Pieces

Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828 · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with imaginary composite flowers

Bowl with imaginary composite flowers

Artist not stated in the record

Public domainThe Met
Footed Bowl

Footed Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1810

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Madame de Wailly, née Adélaïde-Flore Belleville (1765–1838), by Augustin Pajou

Madame de Wailly, née Adélaïde-Flore Belleville (1765–1838)

Augustin Pajou · 1789

Public domainThe Met
Tea Bowl and Saucer, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Tea Bowl and Saucer

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · ca. 1735–1745

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · second half 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1856

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl With Musicians in a Garden

Bowl With Musicians in a Garden

Artist not stated in the record · late 12th–early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Lobed ladle with floral scrolls

Lobed ladle with floral scrolls

Artist not stated in the record · late 7th-early 8th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Altar bowl with Tibetan inscription

Altar bowl with Tibetan inscription

Artist not stated in the record · early 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Textile, by Cheney Brothers, South Manchester, Connecticut, USA

Textile

Cheney Brothers, South Manchester, Connecticut, USA · ca. 1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Canopic Jar (07.226.1) with a Lid Depicting a Queen (30.8.54)

Canopic Jar (07.226.1) with a Lid Depicting a Queen (30.8.54)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1347–1330 BCE or shortly thereafter

Public domainThe Met
Lotus Bowl, by Clara Barck Welles, American, 1868– 1965

Lotus Bowl

Clara Barck Welles, American, 1868– 1965 · 1912–1917

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. 1374 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. 1887964 matched · 40 examined · 20 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 2026-09-03 07:49 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.