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 “Piece from a Kosode with Chrysanthemums and Waves” — 64 records examined, 23 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 00:28 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.
Piece from a Kosode with Chrysanthemums and Waves

Piece from a Kosode with Chrysanthemums and Waves

Artist not stated in the record

Public domainThe Met
Vase en plomb bronzé de la piece de Neptune à Versailles, by Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756

Vase en plomb bronzé de la piece de Neptune à Versailles

Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756 · 1744–56

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jar (Tsubo) with Chrysanthemums

Jar (Tsubo) with Chrysanthemums

Artist not stated in the record · late 13th–early 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Letter box

Letter box

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bottle with Waves and Auspicious Emblems

Bottle with Waves and Auspicious Emblems

Artist not stated in the record · 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Vase en plomb bronzé de la piece de Neptune à Versailles, by Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756

Vase en plomb bronzé de la piece de Neptune à Versailles

Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756 · 1744–56

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kosode Fragment

Kosode Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Coffeepot from Chrysanthemum Tea Set, by Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

Coffeepot from Chrysanthemum Tea Set

Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853 · 1891–1902

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Shakyamuni triad, by Unidentified artist

Shakyamuni triad

Unidentified artist · 1565

Public domainThe Met
Teapot from Chrysanthemum Tea Set, by Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

Teapot from Chrysanthemum Tea Set

Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853 · 1891–1902

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Nymph with a Shell, by Antoine Coysevox

Nymph with a Shell

Antoine Coysevox · Late 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Sugar Bowl from Chrysanthemum Tea Set, by Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

Sugar Bowl from Chrysanthemum Tea Set

Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853 · 1891–1902

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Beaker with birds and animals

Beaker with birds and animals

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 4th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Kettle on Stand from Chrysanthemum Tea Set, by Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

Kettle on Stand from Chrysanthemum Tea Set

Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853 · 1891–1902

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Piece from a Kosode with Chrysanthemums and Leaves

Piece from a Kosode with Chrysanthemums and Leaves

Artist not stated in the record

Public domainThe Met
Flowers and Rhombuses

Flowers and Rhombuses

Artist not stated in the record · mid 18th - early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Piece from a Kosode with Chrysanthemums and Butterfly

Piece from a Kosode with Chrysanthemums and Butterfly

Artist not stated in the record

Public domainThe Met
Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs, by Jean Mansart de Jouy, French, 1705 - 1783

Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs

Jean Mansart de Jouy, French, 1705 - 1783 · ca. 1767

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Piece from a Kosode with Crane and Chrysanthemums

Piece from a Kosode with Crane and Chrysanthemums

Artist not stated in the record

Public domainThe Met
Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs, by Jean Mansart de Jouy, French, 1705 - 1783

Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs

Jean Mansart de Jouy, French, 1705 - 1783 · mid- 18th–late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Piece from a Kosode with Chrysanthemums

Piece from a Kosode with Chrysanthemums

Artist not stated in the record

Public domainThe Met
Japanese Arisaka Rifle with Bayonet

Japanese Arisaka Rifle with Bayonet

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?), by Edgar Degas

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)

Edgar Degas · 1865

Public domainThe Met
Waste Bowl from Chrysanthemum Tea Set, by Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

Waste Bowl from Chrysanthemum Tea Set

Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853 · 1891–1902

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. 169 matched · 24 examined · 0 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. 2935736 matched · 40 examined · 23 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 00:28 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.