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 Wedjat and Scroll Decoration” — 64 records examined, 2 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-30 13:22 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.
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
Necklace with Sacred Eye of Wedjat or Horas, by Unidentified

Necklace with Sacred Eye of Wedjat or Horas

Unidentified · 600-300 B.C.

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
"Assyrian Head" Pattern Pie Server, by Meriden Silver Plate Company, Meriden, Connecticut, 1869–1898

"Assyrian Head" Pattern Pie Server

Meriden Silver Plate Company, Meriden, Connecticut, 1869–1898 · 1885–86

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab Decorated with Scrolls and Wedjat Signs

Scarab Decorated with Scrolls and Wedjat Signs

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1770–1670 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Assyrian Head Pattern Fish Server, by Meriden Brittania Company, Meriden, Connecticut, USA, 1808 - 1898

Assyrian Head Pattern Fish Server

Meriden Brittania Company, Meriden, Connecticut, USA, 1808 - 1898 · 1885–86

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
"Assyrian Head" Pattern Berry Spoon, by Meriden Brittania Company, Meriden, Connecticut, USA, 1808 - 1898

"Assyrian Head" Pattern Berry Spoon

Meriden Brittania Company, Meriden, Connecticut, USA, 1808 - 1898 · 1885–86

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine) for Louise-Élisabeth of Parma, by Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot

Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine) for Louise-Élisabeth of Parma

Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot · ca. 1749

Public domainThe Met
Two-Handled Tureen with Scroll and Shell Decoration

Two-Handled Tureen with Scroll and Shell Decoration

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

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
Tea Bowl and Saucer with "Hausmaler" Decor, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Tea Bowl and Saucer with "Hausmaler" Decor

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · 1720–1730

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59), by Jean Cousin the Elder

Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59)

Jean Cousin the Elder · ca. 1555

Public domainThe Met
"Medallion" Pattern Serving Spoon, by William Gale Jr., American, b. 1825

"Medallion" Pattern Serving Spoon

William Gale Jr., American, b. 1825 · ca. 1866

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
"Assyrian Head" Pattern Punch Ladle, by Meriden Silver Plate Company, Meriden, Connecticut, 1869–1898

"Assyrian Head" Pattern Punch Ladle

Meriden Silver Plate Company, Meriden, Connecticut, 1869–1898 · 1885–86

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab

Scarab

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

Public domainThe Met
"Assyrian Head" Pattern Cake Knife, by Meriden Brittania Company, Meriden, Connecticut, USA, 1808 - 1898

"Assyrian Head" Pattern Cake Knife

Meriden Brittania Company, Meriden, Connecticut, USA, 1808 - 1898 · 1886–87

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab

Scarab

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

Public domainThe Met
Scarab

Scarab

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Scarab

Scarab

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

Public domainThe Met
Hunting Scene with Female Equestrian

Hunting Scene with Female Equestrian

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1900

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
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. 1459 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 1525211 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 13:22 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.