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 “Recto: Design for a Bottle with a Handle” — 64 records examined, 0 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 01:22 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.
Bottle, by Christopher Dresser

Bottle

Christopher Dresser · ca. 1862

Public domainThe Met
Recto: Design for a Bottle with a Handle

Recto: Design for a Bottle with a Handle

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1600

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Holy Family with an Angel, by Raffaellino del Garbo (also known as Raffaelle de' Capponi and Raffaelle de' Carli)

Holy Family with an Angel

Raffaellino del Garbo (also known as Raffaelle de' Capponi and Raffaelle de' Carli) · ca. 1490

Public domainThe Met
Recto, Design for a door handle with alternative suggestions, by Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682

Recto, Design for a door handle with alternative suggestions

Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682 · ca. 1660–80

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Base for a Water Pipe (Huqqa) with Irises

Base for a Water Pipe (Huqqa) with Irises

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Recto: A Fountain Group

Recto: A Fountain Group

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Spoon holder, by Christopher Dresser

Spoon holder

Christopher Dresser · ca. 1878–81

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Glass Scent Bottles

Designs for Glass Scent Bottles

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1850

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
Christ Saving Peter from Drowning, by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605

Christ Saving Peter from Drowning

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605 · ca. 1580–1605

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall clock (cartel), by Etienne LeNoir

Wall clock (cartel)

Etienne LeNoir · ca. 1735–40

Public domainThe Met
View of the Palazzo Barberini; Six Landscapes by Vincenzo Martinelli; Sixteenth Century Capitals, Bologna, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

View of the Palazzo Barberini; Six Landscapes by Vincenzo Martinelli; Sixteenth Century Capitals, Bologna

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1809–1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Woman, Possibly a Nun of San Secondo; (verso) Scene in Grisaille, by Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano)

Portrait of a Woman, Possibly a Nun of San Secondo; (verso) Scene in Grisaille

Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano) · ca. 1485–95

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Painted Porcelain Cooler for Wine Bottle and Glasses

Design for a Painted Porcelain Cooler for Wine Bottle and Glasses

Artist not stated in the record · 1765–75

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

Bottle with caiman

Cupisnique artist(s) · 1000–800 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Cruet Stand, by Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868

Design for a Cruet Stand

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868 · ca. 1827–35

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
Design for a Cruet Frame with Alternative Suggestions, by Giovacchino Belli, Italian, 1756 - 1822

Design for a Cruet Frame with Alternative Suggestions

Giovacchino Belli, Italian, 1756 - 1822 · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait Head Bottle

Portrait Head Bottle

Artist not stated in the record · 5th–6th century

Public domainThe Met
A Pierced Screen, Urn, a Fountain and Two Basins, by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

A Pierced Screen, Urn, a Fountain and Two Basins

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742 · 1692–99

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ewer with a Feline-Shaped Handle

Ewer with a Feline-Shaped Handle

Artist not stated in the record · 7th century

Public domainThe Met
Project for a Set of Tableware, by Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828

Project for a Set of Tableware

Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828 · ca. 1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Commode à vantaux, by David Roentgen

Commode à vantaux

David Roentgen · ca. 1775–79 with later alterations

Public domainThe Met
Design for an Urn on a Stand with a Spirit Lamp, by Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868

Design for an Urn on a Stand with a Spirit Lamp

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 1799–1868 · 1825

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. 1865 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. 2186062 matched · 40 examined · 0 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 2026-08-28 01:22 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.