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 “Scarab Decorated with a Scroll” — 64 records examined, 1 dropped by the rights gate.
Archives queried 2026-08-30 13:19 UTC · fetched live for this request
isPublicDomain field is true for this object.metadata_usage.access reads CC0 — a waiver, not an expired term.
Scarab Decorated with a Scroll
Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1981–1850 B.C.

Tea Bowl and Saucer with "Hausmaler" Decor
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · 1720–1730

Bottle with Peony Scroll
Artist not stated in the record · mid-14th century

Ring, Cane Handles and Seal Designs
Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798 · 1771

Scarab Decorated with Scroll Design
Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1850–1640 B.C.

Two-Handled Tureen with Scroll and Shell Decoration
Artist not stated in the record · mid- 18th century

Pair of vases
Artist not stated in the record · mounts ca. 1760–70, porcelain early 18th century

Ring, Cane handles and Seal Designs
Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798 · 1771

Scarab
Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1491–1473 BCE

Ceiling Design
Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754 · ca. 1730

Scarab Decorated with Scrolls
Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1740–1640 B.C.

Porte Cochere avec Entresol, necessaire aux Sculpteurs et Menuisiers
Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794 · ca. 1768

Scarab
Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1491–1473 BCE

Knife
Artist not stated in the record · 1550–1600

Scarab
Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1491–1473 BCE

Covered Milk Jug
Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735 · 1780–1800

Scarab Decorated with Scrolls
Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1740–1640 B.C.

"Assyrian Head" Pattern Cheese Scoop
Meriden Brittania Company, Meriden, Connecticut, USA, 1808 - 1898 · 1885–86

Scarab Ring of Ruiu
Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1504–1447 BCE

Tile
Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Scarab
Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1491–1473 BCE

Tablespoon with Scrolling Acanthus Leaf Handle
Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1680–90

Scarab Decorated with Scrolls
Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1760–1670 B.C.

Cartel Clock Case Design
Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742 · 1738
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. 1397 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. 1884208 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 2026-08-30 13:19 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.