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. 22 shown for “Miniature tea and coffee set” — 64 records examined, 29 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 14:01 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.
Miniature tea and coffee set

Miniature tea and coffee set

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800

Public domainThe Met
Partial Tea and Coffee Set with Urn Pattern, by Fürstenberg Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1747

Partial Tea and Coffee Set with Urn Pattern

Fürstenberg Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1747 · 1780–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Miniature tea and coffee set, by Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg

Miniature tea and coffee set

Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg · 1825–55

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
Miniature tea bowl (one of five) (part of a set)

Miniature tea bowl (one of five) (part of a set)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800

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
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
Glass Beaker, from a Buen Retiro Porcelain Tea or Coffee Set

Glass Beaker, from a Buen Retiro Porcelain Tea or Coffee Set

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1803

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tea, by James Tissot

Tea

James Tissot · 1872

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

Creamer, from a Miniature Tea Set

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Miniature urn with cover, by A. L. & W. L.

Miniature urn with cover

A. L. & W. L. · ca. 1780

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 tea canister (part of a set)

Miniature tea canister (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
Set of six miniature saucers, by David Clayton

Set of six miniature saucers

David Clayton · ca. 1720–30

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

Teapot, from a Miniature Tea Set

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Coffeepot, by Robert and William Wilson

Coffeepot

Robert and William Wilson · ca. 1830

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

Tea and Coffee Service

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · mid- 18th century

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

Miniature sugar bowl (part of a set)

Henry Flavelle · 1827 and 1829

Public domainThe Met
Black Basalt Coffee and Tea Service (partial), by Wedgwood, English, established 1759

Black Basalt Coffee and Tea Service (partial)

Wedgwood, English, established 1759 · late 18th century

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

Miniature teapot (part of a set)

Henry Flavelle · 1827 and 1829

Public domainThe Met
Tea and Coffee Service with Rose Medallion, by Fürstenberg Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1747

Tea and Coffee Service with Rose Medallion

Fürstenberg Porcelain Manufactory, German, established 1747 · early 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. 95 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. 1470260 matched · 40 examined · 27 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 2026-08-28 14:01 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.