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 “Sake Bottle with Design of Leaves, Vines, and Waves” — 64 records examined, 2 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 04:54 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.
Sake Bottle with Design of Leaves, Vines, and Waves

Sake Bottle with Design of Leaves, Vines, and Waves

Artist not stated in the record · 1780

Public domainThe Met
Wallpaper Design

Wallpaper Design

Artist not stated in the record · 1840–60

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase on a column stand, by Hôtel des Menus-Plaisirs, Versailles

Vase on a column stand

Hôtel des Menus-Plaisirs, Versailles · after 1771–72, mounts ca. 1780

Public domainThe Met
Wallpaper Design

Wallpaper Design

Artist not stated in the record · 1840–60

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chimneypiece (cheminée), by François Joseph Belanger

Chimneypiece (cheminée)

François Joseph Belanger · 1784

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Bottle Cooler, by Giovacchino Belli, Italian, 1756 - 1822

Design for a Bottle Cooler

Giovacchino Belli, Italian, 1756 - 1822 · ca. 1810

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
Frieze

Frieze

Artist not stated in the record · 1905–1915

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

Wall clock (cartel)

Etienne LeNoir · ca. 1735–40

Public domainThe Met
Wallpaper Design

Wallpaper Design

Artist not stated in the record · 1840–60

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 Painted Decoration of a Wall, with Alternative Suggestions, by Unknown, Austrian

Design for Painted Decoration of a Wall, with Alternative Suggestions

Unknown, Austrian · 1840–60

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 Bottle Cooler, Glasses, and Tray, by Giovacchino Belli, Italian, 1756 - 1822

Design for Bottle Cooler, Glasses, and Tray

Giovacchino Belli, Italian, 1756 - 1822 · ca. 1810

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sake Vessel (Heishi) with Butterflies

Sake Vessel (Heishi) with Butterflies

Artist not stated in the record · 15th 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
Gourd-Shaped Sake Bottle (Tokkuri) with Carved Floral Design and Jewel

Gourd-Shaped Sake Bottle (Tokkuri) with Carved Floral Design and Jewel

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Title Page and Goldsmith’s Designs for Boxes and Bottles, by Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century

Title Page and Goldsmith’s Designs for Boxes and Bottles

Masson, French, active late 17th and early 18th century · late 17th–early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Recumbent bottle (Yokobe)

Recumbent bottle (Yokobe)

Artist not stated in the record · late 6th century

Public domainThe Met
Soupière dont la forme tient du Moderne avec son Plat et Cuillère, by Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

Soupière dont la forme tient du Moderne avec son Plat et Cuillère

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96 · 1788–1796

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Case (Inrō) with Design of Courtier and Lady in a Boat (from the Tale of Genji), by Ogata Kōrin

Case (Inrō) with Design of Courtier and Lady in a Boat (from the Tale of Genji)

Ogata Kōrin · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Frieze, by Hobbs, Benton & Heath, Hoboken, New Jersey

Frieze

Hobbs, Benton & Heath, Hoboken, New Jersey · 1905–1915

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
Title Page, by Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798

Title Page

Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798 · 1771

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. 582 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. 3129766 matched · 40 examined · 2 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 04:54 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.