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 “Open bowl” — 64 records examined, 26 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 15:09 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.
Open bowl

Open bowl

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1st century BCE–1st century CE

Public domainThe Met
Lathyrus arizonicus Britton

Lathyrus arizonicus Britton

Artist not stated in the record · 30 Jun 1973

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl, by George E. Ohr

Bowl

George E. Ohr · ca. 1897–1900

Public domainThe Met
Lechea intermedia Legg. ex Britton

Lechea intermedia Legg. ex Britton

Artist not stated in the record · 2 Oct 1927

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl, by Nasca artist(s)

Bowl

Nasca artist(s) · 1–400 CE

Public domainThe Met
Gentiana puberula Michx.

Gentiana puberula Michx.

Artist not stated in the record · 25 Sep 1927

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl, by George E. Ohr

Bowl

George E. Ohr · ca. 1898–1910

Public domainThe Met
Polygala verticillata L.

Polygala verticillata L.

Artist not stated in the record · 13 Sep 1924 to 14 Sep 1924

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl, by George E. Ohr

Bowl

George E. Ohr · ca. 1898–1910

Public domainThe Met
Solidago hispida Muhl. ex Willd.

Solidago hispida Muhl. ex Willd.

Artist not stated in the record · 30 Sep 1928

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl, by George E. Ohr

Bowl

George E. Ohr · ca. 1898–1910

Public domainThe Met
Solidago rugosa Mill.

Solidago rugosa Mill.

Artist not stated in the record · 30 Sep 1928

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Glass garland bowl

Glass garland bowl

Artist not stated in the record · late 1st century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Liatris squarrosa (L.) Michx.

Liatris squarrosa (L.) Michx.

Artist not stated in the record · 24 Aug 1922

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Marsh Bowl

Marsh Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Berteroa incana (L.) DC.

Berteroa incana (L.) DC.

Artist not stated in the record · Transcribed d/m/y: 13/9/24

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fragment of an open bowl

Fragment of an open bowl

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1080–721 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Sagittaria graminea Michx.

Sagittaria graminea Michx.

Artist not stated in the record · 1 Jul 1928

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl Fragments with Menorah, Shofar, and Torah Ark

Bowl Fragments with Menorah, Shofar, and Torah Ark

Artist not stated in the record · 300–350

Public domainThe Met
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.

Carex vulpinoidea Michx.

Artist not stated in the record · 1 Jul 1928

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Marsh-Bowl

Marsh-Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1491–1473 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Carex emoryi Dewey

Carex emoryi Dewey

Artist not stated in the record · 29 May 1923

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl with Cover

Bowl with Cover

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Britton

Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Britton

Artist not stated in the record · 26 Sep 1925

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. 222 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 88131 matched · 40 examined · 25 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 2026-09-03 15:09 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.