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 “Mennecy” — 50 records examined, 8 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 04:39 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.
Potpourri Vase with Girl and Dog, by Mennecy

Potpourri Vase with Girl and Dog

Mennecy · ca. 1750–60

Public domainThe Met
Miniature Vase, by Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773

Miniature Vase

Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773 · 1755–1765

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Peasant Woman with Child, by Mennecy

Peasant Woman with Child

Mennecy · ca. 1750–60

Public domainThe Met
Sugar Bowl and Stand, by Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773

Sugar Bowl and Stand

Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773 · mid- 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lawyer from the Italian Comedy, by Mennecy

Lawyer from the Italian Comedy

Mennecy · ca. 1755–60

Public domainThe Met
Perfume Burner (Cassolette), by Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773

Perfume Burner (Cassolette)

Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773 · 1750–1765

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Snuffbox in the form of a slipper, by Mennecy

Snuffbox in the form of a slipper

Mennecy · ca. 1750–60

Public domainThe Met
Stand for Oil or Vinegar Cruets (Porte Huilier or Porte Vinaigrier), by Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773

Stand for Oil or Vinegar Cruets (Porte Huilier or Porte Vinaigrier)

Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773 · mid- 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Couple Dressed as Persians, by Mennecy

Couple Dressed as Persians

Mennecy · ca. 1760

Public domainThe Met
Jardinière, by Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773

Jardinière

Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773 · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hunchback, by Mennecy

Hunchback

Mennecy · ca. 1750

Public domainThe Met
Pomade Jar (Pot à Pommade or Pot à Fard), by Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773

Pomade Jar (Pot à Pommade or Pot à Fard)

Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773 · 1755–1765

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Snuffbox, by Mennecy

Snuffbox

Mennecy · ca. 1751–52

Public domainThe Met
Teapot (Théière), by Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773

Teapot (Théière)

Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773 · 1755–1765

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seated Chinese, by Mennecy

Seated Chinese

Mennecy · ca. 1755–65

Public domainThe Met
Custard Cup (Pot à Crème), by Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773

Custard Cup (Pot à Crème)

Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773 · ca. 1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Actor, by Mennecy

Actor

Mennecy · ca. 1755–65

Public domainThe Met
Miniature Vase on Pedestal (One of a Pair), by Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773

Miniature Vase on Pedestal (One of a Pair)

Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773 · mid-18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Figure of a seated Chinese man, by Mennecy

Figure of a seated Chinese man

Mennecy · porcelain ca. 1755–65, mounts 1745–49

Public domainThe Met
Pair of Allegorical Figural Groups Depicting the "Four Continents"

Pair of Allegorical Figural Groups Depicting the "Four Continents"

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stand, by Mennecy

Stand

Mennecy · 1760–65

Public domainThe Met
Miniature Vase on Pedestal (One of a Pair), by Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773

Miniature Vase on Pedestal (One of a Pair)

Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773 · mid-18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cup and saucer, by Mennecy

Cup and saucer

Mennecy · ca. 1750

Public domainThe Met
Porcelain Figure Mounted as a Two-Light Candelabra (One of a Pair)

Porcelain Figure Mounted as a Two-Light Candelabra (One of a Pair)

Artist not stated in the record · 18th or 19th century

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. 47 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. 26 matched · 26 examined · 8 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 04:39 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.