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. 19 shown for “Necklace with Repoussé Lotus Terminals” — 49 records examined, 29 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 15:34 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.
Necklace with Repoussé Lotus Terminals

Necklace with Repoussé Lotus Terminals

Artist not stated in the record · 8th–12th century

Public domainThe Met
Chair, by Duncan Phyfe, American, 1768–1854

Chair

Duncan Phyfe, American, 1768–1854 · ca. 1840

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jewelry Elements for a Broad Collar

Jewelry Elements for a Broad Collar

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

Public domainThe Met
Dish

Dish

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1500

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Miniature broad collar

Miniature broad collar

Artist not stated in the record · 332–246 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Side chair

Side chair

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1840

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Broad Collar

Broad Collar

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

Public domainThe Met
Tea Caddy Spoon, by Edward C. Moore (1827-1891)

Tea Caddy Spoon

Edward C. Moore (1827-1891) · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tear-shaped Elements

Tear-shaped Elements

Artist not stated in the record · 11th–12th century

Public domainThe Met
Mug, by Dominick and Haff, New York, New York, 1872 – 1928

Mug

Dominick and Haff, New York, New York, 1872 – 1928 · 1879

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Elements

Elements

Artist not stated in the record · 11th–12th century

Public domainThe Met
Lobed bowl with lotus petals, birds, animals, and floral scrolls

Lobed bowl with lotus petals, birds, animals, and floral scrolls

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tea Kettle and Stand, by Dominick and Haff, New York, New York, 1872 – 1928

Tea Kettle and Stand

Dominick and Haff, New York, New York, 1872 – 1928 · 1881

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Elements

Elements

Artist not stated in the record · 11th–12th century

Public domainThe Met
Knob with Escutcheon and Lock Mechanism

Knob with Escutcheon and Lock Mechanism

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1835

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Food mold

Food mold

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1830

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Food mold

Food mold

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1656

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hot Water Urn, by Samuel Kirk & Son, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1815 - 1979

Hot Water Urn

Samuel Kirk & Son, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1815 - 1979 · 1830–1846

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Food mold

Food mold

Artist not stated in the record · possibly 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. 9 matched · 9 examined · 1 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.8 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 256982 matched · 40 examined · 28 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 15:34 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.