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 “Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory, German, established by 1753” — 64 records examined, 13 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-31 20:04 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.
Corpus from a Crucifix, by Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory

Corpus from a Crucifix

Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory · ca. 1755

Public domainThe Met
Chocolate Pot with Floral Sprays, by Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory, German, established by 1753

Chocolate Pot with Floral Sprays

Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory, German, established by 1753 · mid- 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Harlequina, by Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory

Harlequina

Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory · ca. 1760

Public domainThe Met
Teapot, by Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory, German, established by 1753

Teapot

Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory, German, established by 1753 · 1765–1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Coffeepot (part of a service), by Meissen Manufactory

Coffeepot (part of a service)

Meissen Manufactory · 1723–26

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer with Putti Medallion, by Gotha Porcelain Factory, German, established ca. 1757

Cup and Saucer with Putti Medallion

Gotha Porcelain Factory, German, established ca. 1757 · 1860–1885

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of wall lights, by Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin

Pair of wall lights

Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin · ca. 1765–68

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer

Cup and Saucer

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Harlequin, by Höchst Manufactory

Harlequin

Höchst Manufactory · ca. 1750–53

Public domainThe Met
Plate Depicting the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

Plate Depicting the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 · ca. 1822

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase (vase gothique Fragonard) (one of a pair), by Alexandre Evariste Fragonard

Vase (vase gothique Fragonard) (one of a pair)

Alexandre Evariste Fragonard · manufactured 1832, decorated 1844

Public domainThe Met
Tea Bowl and Saucer, by Zurich Pottery and Porcelain Factory, Swiss, established 1763

Tea Bowl and Saucer

Zurich Pottery and Porcelain Factory, Swiss, established 1763 · ca. 1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Potpourri vase (pot-pourri gondole), by Sèvres Manufactory

Potpourri vase (pot-pourri gondole)

Sèvres Manufactory · 1757

Public domainThe Met
ELEVATION DE LA FACADE D’AMALIENBOURG DU COTE DE L’ENTRÉE, by François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768

ELEVATION DE LA FACADE D’AMALIENBOURG DU COTE DE L’ENTRÉE

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768 · 1771

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bottle cooler from the Louis XV service (seau à bouteille), by Vincennes Manufactory

Bottle cooler from the Louis XV service (seau à bouteille)

Vincennes Manufactory · 1754

Public domainThe Met
PLAN GÉOMETRAL DE LHERMITAGE EXÉCUTÉ DANS LE JARDIN DE NIMPHENBOURG MIS AU JOUR EN MDCCLXXI, by Joseph Effner, German, 1687 – 1745

PLAN GÉOMETRAL DE LHERMITAGE EXÉCUTÉ DANS LE JARDIN DE NIMPHENBOURG MIS AU JOUR EN MDCCLXXI

Joseph Effner, German, 1687 – 1745 · 1771

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cup (with a view of the Odeonsplatz, Munich) and saucer

Cup (with a view of the Odeonsplatz, Munich) and saucer

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1845

Public domainThe Met
PLAN GÉOMETRAL D’UNE DÉCORATION DU FEU D’ARTIFICE PROJETE POUR NIMPHEMBOURG, by François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777

PLAN GÉOMETRAL D’UNE DÉCORATION DU FEU D’ARTIFICE PROJETE POUR NIMPHEMBOURG

François de Cuvilliés the younger, German, 1731 - 1777 · 1771

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mantel clock (pendule de chiminée), by Paul Gudin Le Jeune

Mantel clock (pendule de chiminée)

Paul Gudin Le Jeune · clock ca. 1750, figures decorated ca. 1737/38

Public domainThe Met
ELÉVATION GÉOMETRAL DE L’HERMITAGE EXÉCUTÉ DANS LE JARDIN DE NIMPHENBOURG, by Joseph Effner, German, 1687 – 1745

ELÉVATION GÉOMETRAL DE L’HERMITAGE EXÉCUTÉ DANS LE JARDIN DE NIMPHENBOURG

Joseph Effner, German, 1687 – 1745 · 1771

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chinese musicians, by Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

Chinese musicians

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory · ca. 1755

Public domainThe Met
Sugar Bowl, from the Duc d'Orléans Service, by Tournai Porcelain Factory, Belgian, established ca. 1750

Sugar Bowl, from the Duc d'Orléans Service

Tournai Porcelain Factory, Belgian, established ca. 1750 · 1787–1792

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Two dancers, by Ludwigsburg Porcelain Manufactory

Two dancers

Ludwigsburg Porcelain Manufactory · ca. 1760–63

Public domainThe Met
Custard Cup, by Tournai Porcelain Factory, Belgian, established ca. 1750

Custard Cup

Tournai Porcelain Factory, Belgian, established ca. 1750 · mid- 18th–18th 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. 74 matched · 24 examined · 3 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. 549311 matched · 40 examined · 10 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 2026-08-31 20:04 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.