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 “Pierced Blue Pot with Animals and Vegetal Scroll” — 64 records examined, 9 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 15:36 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.
Pierced Blue Pot with Animals and Vegetal Scroll

Pierced Blue Pot with Animals and Vegetal Scroll

Artist not stated in the record · last quarter 11th or 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Teapot (Théière), by Bourg-la-Reine Porcelain Factory, French, ca. 1773 – 1805

Teapot (Théière)

Bourg-la-Reine Porcelain Factory, French, ca. 1773 – 1805 · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pierced Jug with Harpies and Sphinxes

Pierced Jug with Harpies and Sphinxes

Artist not stated in the record · dated 612 AH/1215–16 CE

Public domainThe Met
Mustard Pot with Birds

Mustard Pot with Birds

Artist not stated in the record · 1735

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pierced Bowl Signed by Hasan al-Qashani

Pierced Bowl Signed by Hasan al-Qashani

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

Public domainThe Met
Bough pot

Bough pot

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription

Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription

Artist not stated in the record · early 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Black Basalt Bulb Pot, by Wedgwood, English, established 1759

Black Basalt Bulb Pot

Wedgwood, English, established 1759 · 1780–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Artist not stated in the record · 12th–early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Posset Pot, by De Paauw (Peacock) Factory, Dutch, active 1651 - 1774

Posset Pot

De Paauw (Peacock) Factory, Dutch, active 1651 - 1774 · 1705–40

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Carpet with Palm Trees, Ibexes, and Birds

Carpet with Palm Trees, Ibexes, and Birds

Artist not stated in the record · late 16th–early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Flower pot and stand, by De Drie Posteleyne Astonne (The Three Porcelain Ash-Barrels)

Flower pot and stand

De Drie Posteleyne Astonne (The Three Porcelain Ash-Barrels) · 1759–1804

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Broth bowl with cover and stand (écuelle ronde et plateau rond), by Vincennes Manufactory

Broth bowl with cover and stand (écuelle ronde et plateau rond)

Vincennes Manufactory · ca. 1752–53

Public domainThe Met
wooden chair with needlepoint upholstery

wooden chair with needlepoint upholstery

Artist not stated in the record · 1690–95

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish with Two Fighting Lions

Dish with Two Fighting Lions

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1635

Public domainThe Met
Medallion

Medallion

Artist not stated in the record · 6th–7th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fish Market, by Joachim Beuckelaer

Fish Market

Joachim Beuckelaer · 1568

Public domainThe Met
caster, by Albertus Kiell

caster

Albertus Kiell · 1875–1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Vase of Flowers, by Margareta Haverman

A Vase of Flowers

Margareta Haverman · 1716

Public domainThe Met
Inkstand

Inkstand

Artist not stated in the record · 1760s–70s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Square Tile

Square Tile

Artist not stated in the record · early 13th century

Public domainThe Met
Sidewall

Sidewall

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1860

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of mounted vases

Pair of mounted vases

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1750

Public domainThe Met
Pleated fan

Pleated fan

Artist not stated in the record · 1760–1800

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. 40 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. 2657446 matched · 40 examined · 8 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 15:36 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.