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 “Saucer with pomegranates and peaches” — 61 records examined, 4 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-07 21:14 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.
Saucer with pomegranates and peaches

Saucer with pomegranates and peaches

Artist not stated in the record · 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Basket of Blossoms and Leaves with Pomegranates on Earth

Basket of Blossoms and Leaves with Pomegranates on Earth

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800–1830

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Brioche, by Edouard Manet

The Brioche

Edouard Manet · 1870

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Cup and Saucer

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · mid- 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fruit and Flowers, by Orsola Maddalena Caccia

Fruit and Flowers

Orsola Maddalena Caccia · ca. 1630

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Cup and Saucer

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · mid- 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hexagonal vase with Rococo-style flowers

Hexagonal vase with Rococo-style flowers

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

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Cup and Saucer

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · mid- 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Set of wine cups with flowers of the twelve months

Set of wine cups with flowers of the twelve months

Artist not stated in the record

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Cup and Saucer

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · mid- 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chocolate beaker and saucer, by Vienna

Chocolate beaker and saucer

Vienna · ca. 1735

Public domainThe Met
Saucer, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Saucer

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda), by Luis Meléndez

The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda)

Luis Meléndez · ca. 1772

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Cup and Saucer

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · mid- 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Still Life with a Vase of Flowers, Melon, Peaches, and Grapes, by Charlotte Eustache Sophie de Fuligny Damas, marquise de Grollier

Still Life with a Vase of Flowers, Melon, Peaches, and Grapes

Charlotte Eustache Sophie de Fuligny Damas, marquise de Grollier · 1780

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, by Duc d'Angoulême Porcelain Manufactory, French, 1781 – 1828

Cup and Saucer

Duc d'Angoulême Porcelain Manufactory, French, 1781 – 1828 · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Peach-shaped Cup with Saucer

Peach-shaped Cup with Saucer

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

Cup and Saucer

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 · 1781

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Peach-shaped Cup with Saucer

Peach-shaped Cup with Saucer

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, by Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864

Cup and Saucer

Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory, Austrian, active 1719 – 1864 · ca. 1805

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Meiping vase with peaches, pomegranades, and fingered citrons

Meiping vase with peaches, pomegranades, and fingered citrons

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th–early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

Cup and Saucer

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Buddha’s Hand Fruits with Peaches, Pomegranates, and Leaves of Fungus

Buddha’s Hand Fruits with Peaches, Pomegranates, and Leaves of Fungus

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Cup and Saucer

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · mid- 18th century

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. 21 matched · 21 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. 1522837 matched · 40 examined · 4 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 2026-09-07 21:14 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.