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 “Oil bottle decorated with peony leaves” — 64 records examined, 11 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-10 09:00 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.
Oil bottle decorated with peony leaves

Oil bottle decorated with peony leaves

Artist not stated in the record · second half 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Textile, by Morris & Company, Decorators Ltd., 1875–1941

Textile

Morris & Company, Decorators Ltd., 1875–1941 · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Oil bottle decorated with peony leaves

Oil bottle decorated with peony leaves

Artist not stated in the record · late 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Sugar Bowl

Design for a Sugar Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · 1880–1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bottle with Peony Scroll

Bottle with Peony Scroll

Artist not stated in the record · mid-14th century

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Silver Serving Pieces, by Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828

Designs for Silver Serving Pieces

Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828 · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rothschild lamp, by Andrea Briosco, called Riccio

Rothschild lamp

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio · ca. 1510–20

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Ewer

Design for a Ewer

Artist not stated in the record · 1880–1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls

Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls

Artist not stated in the record · 15th–16th century

Public domainThe Met
Snuff bottle and stopper

Snuff bottle and stopper

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Emperor Antoninus Pius, by Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi)

Emperor Antoninus Pius

Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi) · 1519–24

Public domainThe Met
Pair of Wine Bottle Coolers (Seaux à Demi-Bouteille), by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

Pair of Wine Bottle Coolers (Seaux à Demi-Bouteille)

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 · 1782

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bottle with caiman, by Cupisnique artist(s)

Bottle with caiman

Cupisnique artist(s) · 1000–800 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Straw hat with net and cream peony, by Hattie Carnegie, American, 1886 - 1956

Straw hat with net and cream peony

Hattie Carnegie, American, 1886 - 1956 · 1947-1956

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Flask-shaped bottle decorated with peonies

Flask-shaped bottle decorated with peonies

Artist not stated in the record · late 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Peonies in the Wind with Kakemono Borders, by John La Farge, born New York City 1835-died Providence, RI 1910

Peonies in the Wind with Kakemono Borders

John La Farge, born New York City 1835-died Providence, RI 1910 · ca. 1893

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish with Peony Design

Dish with Peony Design

Artist not stated in the record · 14th–ca. mid-16th century

Public domainThe Met
Fragment

Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Oil Bottle

Oil Bottle

Artist not stated in the record · 12th century

Public domainThe Met
SPIRIT MURIAT AH

SPIRIT MURIAT AH

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fruit and Flowers, by Orsola Maddalena Caccia

Fruit and Flowers

Orsola Maddalena Caccia · ca. 1630

Public domainThe Met
Two Designs for Altar Cross Bases; verso, Designs for Five Projects, by Luzio Romano, Italian, active 1528 – 1575

Two Designs for Altar Cross Bases; verso, Designs for Five Projects

Luzio Romano, Italian, active 1528 – 1575 · 1530–40

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stirrup-spout bottle with palace scene, by Chimú artist(s)

Stirrup-spout bottle with palace scene

Chimú artist(s) · 1000–1470 CE

Public domainThe Met
Peonies and Plum Blossoms

Peonies and Plum Blossoms

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th - 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. 290 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. 299576 matched · 40 examined · 9 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 2026-09-10 09:00 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.