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
isPublicDomain field is true for this object.metadata_usage.access reads CC0 — a waiver, not an expired term.
Scarab with Wedjat and Scroll Decoration
Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1850–1640 B.C.

Necklace with Sacred Eye of Wedjat or Horas
Unidentified · 600-300 B.C.

Scarab Incised with Hieroglyphs and Scroll
Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1760–1670 B.C.

"Assyrian Head" Pattern Pie Server
Meriden Silver Plate Company, Meriden, Connecticut, 1869–1898 · 1885–86

Scarab Decorated with Scrolls and Wedjat Signs
Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1770–1670 B.C.

Assyrian Head Pattern Fish Server
Meriden Brittania Company, Meriden, Connecticut, USA, 1808 - 1898 · 1885–86

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

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

Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine) for Louise-Élisabeth of Parma
Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot · ca. 1749

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

Scarab with Scroll and Hieroglyphs
Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1740–1640 B.C.

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

Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59)
Jean Cousin the Elder · ca. 1555

"Medallion" Pattern Serving Spoon
William Gale Jr., American, b. 1825 · ca. 1866

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

"Assyrian Head" Pattern Punch Ladle
Meriden Silver Plate Company, Meriden, Connecticut, 1869–1898 · 1885–86

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

"Assyrian Head" Pattern Cake Knife
Meriden Brittania Company, Meriden, Connecticut, USA, 1808 - 1898 · 1886–87

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

Scarab
Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1910

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

Hunting Scene with Female Equestrian
Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1900

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

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