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 “Scarab with Scroll Design” — 64 records examined, 0 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-30 10:49 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.
Scarab with Scroll Design

Scarab with Scroll Design

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1640–1500 B.C. (Middle Bronze Age IIB-IIC)

Public domainThe Met
Scarab

Scarab

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Decorated with Scroll Design

Scarab Decorated with Scroll Design

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1850–1640 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Vase, by Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

Vase

Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853 · ca. 1909–10

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Ring of Ruiu

Scarab Ring of Ruiu

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1504–1447 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Ring, Cane Handles and Seal Designs, by Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798

Ring, Cane Handles and Seal Designs

Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798 · 1771

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of vases

Pair of vases

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

Public domainThe Met
Ceiling Design, by Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754

Ceiling Design

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

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

Ring, Cane handles and Seal Designs

Pierre Moreau, French, 1722 – 1798 · 1771

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab

Scarab

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

Public domainThe Met
Ceiling paper, by Janeway & Co. Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1848 - 1914

Ceiling paper

Janeway & Co. Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1848 - 1914 · 1905–1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Ring of Ruiu

Scarab Ring of Ruiu

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1504–1447 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Two Chair Frame Designs, by André-Jacob Roubo, French, 1739–1791

Two Chair Frame Designs

André-Jacob Roubo, French, 1739–1791 · 1865

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Ring of Ruiu

Scarab Ring of Ruiu

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1504–1447 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Frieze, by W. Campbell & Co.

Frieze

W. Campbell & Co. · 1880–89

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Decorated with a Scroll

Scarab Decorated with a Scroll

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1981–1850 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754

Title Page

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab with Wedjat and Scroll Decoration

Scarab with Wedjat and Scroll Decoration

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1850–1640 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Sofa, by A. Duval, French, active 18th century

Design for a Sofa

A. Duval, French, active 18th century · 1849–66

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Incised with Hieroglyphs and Scroll

Scarab Incised with Hieroglyphs and Scroll

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1760–1670 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design, by Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719

Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design

Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719 · 1715–19

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab with Scroll and Hieroglyphs

Scarab with Scroll and Hieroglyphs

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1740–1640 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Ceiling Design, by Nicolas Pineau, French, 1684-1754

Ceiling Design

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

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. 1239 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. 289834 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 10:49 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.