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 “Miniature coffeepot (part of a set)” — 64 records examined, 32 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 18:46 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.
Mantel clock with musical movement, by Jean-Baptiste-André Furet

Mantel clock with musical movement

Jean-Baptiste-André Furet · ca. 1784

Public domainThe Met
Coffeepot from Chrysanthemum Tea Set, by Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

Coffeepot from Chrysanthemum Tea Set

Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853 · 1891–1902

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Miniature secretary incorporating a watch, by James Cox

Miniature secretary incorporating a watch

James Cox · ca. 1766–72

Public domainThe Met
Traveling Coffee Service, by Gregoire et Cordonnier, French, 1866 – 1868

Traveling Coffee Service

Gregoire et Cordonnier, French, 1866 – 1868 · 1866–1868

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Miniature coffeepot (part of a set)

Miniature coffeepot (part of a set)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800

Public domainThe Met
Portrait miniature set on a bracelet, by Ebenezer Mack, American

Portrait miniature set on a bracelet

Ebenezer Mack, American · ca. 1790 (portrait miniature); ca. 1830 (bracelet)

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Miniature coffeepot (part of a set), by Henry Flavelle

Miniature coffeepot (part of a set)

Henry Flavelle · 1827 and 1829

Public domainThe Met
Coffeepot with Battle Scenes (Bataillen-Malerei), by Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763

Coffeepot with Battle Scenes (Bataillen-Malerei)

Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, German, established 1763 · 1870–1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Coffeepot, by François Thomas Germain

Coffeepot

François Thomas Germain · 1757

Public domainThe Met
Sugar Bowl, from a Miniature Tea Set, by Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864

Sugar Bowl, from a Miniature Tea Set

Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864 · 19th–mid- 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Coffeepot, by Lenox, Incorporated

Coffeepot

Lenox, Incorporated · ca. 1906

Public domainThe Met
Tray, from a Miniature Tea Set, by Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864

Tray, from a Miniature Tea Set

Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864 · 19th–mid- 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Miniature coffeepot with cover (part of a set), by David Clayton

Miniature coffeepot with cover (part of a set)

David Clayton · late 17th–early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Portrait Miniature Mirror with Pouch

Portrait Miniature Mirror with Pouch

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Miniature saucer (one of five) (part of a set)

Miniature saucer (one of five) (part of a set)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, from a Miniature Tea Set, by Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864

Cup and Saucer, from a Miniature Tea Set

Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864 · 19th–mid- 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Miniature cream pitcher (part of a set)

Miniature cream pitcher (part of a set)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800

Public domainThe Met
Miniature teapot (part of a set)

Miniature teapot (part of a set)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800

Public domainThe Met
Coffeepot, by Meissen Manufactory

Coffeepot

Meissen Manufactory · manufactured ca. 1715–20; decorated ca. 1728–30

Public domainThe Met
Coffeepot, by Sébastien Igonet

Coffeepot

Sébastien Igonet · 1738–39

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. 5095 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. 3856707 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 18:46 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.