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 “Sign bracket” — 64 records examined, 10 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 14:17 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.
Shop bracket and sign

Shop bracket and sign

Artist not stated in the record · bracket ca. 1740–50

Public domainThe Met
Ironwork Bracket and Sign Design, by Jean Tijou, French, active 1689 - 1712

Ironwork Bracket and Sign Design

Jean Tijou, French, active 1689 - 1712 · 1693

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sign bracket

Sign bracket

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Ironwork Bracket and Sign Design, by Jean Tijou, French, active 1689 - 1712

Ironwork Bracket and Sign Design

Jean Tijou, French, active 1689 - 1712 · 1693

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Winchester Model 1894 Takedown Rifle (serial no. 311946) with Box of Sights, by Winchester Repeating Arms Company

Winchester Model 1894 Takedown Rifle (serial no. 311946) with Box of Sights

Winchester Repeating Arms Company · 1906

Public domainThe Met
Ironwork Bracket and Sign Design, by Jean Tijou, French, active 1689 - 1712

Ironwork Bracket and Sign Design

Jean Tijou, French, active 1689 - 1712 · 1693

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mars and Venus United by Love, by Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari)

Mars and Venus United by Love

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) · 1570s

Public domainThe Met
Sign from a segregated bus

Sign from a segregated bus

Artist not stated in the record · mid 20th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rectangular table

Rectangular table

Artist not stated in the record · early 20th century

Public domainThe Met
Wrought Iron Staircase Balustrade and Bracket Designs, by Antoine Pierretz le jeune, French, active 1660-70

Wrought Iron Staircase Balustrade and Bracket Designs

Antoine Pierretz le jeune, French, active 1660-70 · ca. 1665

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Engraved spouted jar, by Maya artist(s)

Engraved spouted jar

Maya artist(s) · 50 BCE–100 CE

Public domainThe Met
Bracket and Rosette Designs, by Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

Bracket and Rosette Designs

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96 · 1785-1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Golden Age, by Joachim Wtewael

The Golden Age

Joachim Wtewael · 1605

Public domainThe Met
Bracket and Rosette Designs, by Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

Bracket and Rosette Designs

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96 · 1785-1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Secretary-bookcase, by Robert Fisher

Secretary-bookcase

Robert Fisher · 1825–35

Public domainThe Met
Bracket and Rosette Designs, by Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

Bracket and Rosette Designs

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96 · 1785-1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hooded wall clock with calendar, by Ahasuerus I Fromanteel

Hooded wall clock with calendar

Ahasuerus I Fromanteel · ca. 1660–65

Public domainThe Met
Bracket and Rosette Designs, by Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

Bracket and Rosette Designs

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96 · 1785-1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
"Balloon" Shelf Clock, by Simon Willard

"Balloon" Shelf Clock

Simon Willard · 1780–90

Public domainThe Met
Bracket and Rosette Designs, by Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

Bracket and Rosette Designs

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96 · 1785-1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Longcase clock, by Hermann Achenbach

Longcase clock

Hermann Achenbach · ca. 1774–75

Public domainThe Met
Console avec son profil, by Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782

Console avec son profil

Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782 · ca. 1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing shelf (one of a pair), by William Linnell

Standing shelf (one of a pair)

William Linnell · ca. 1753–54

Public domainThe Met
Console avec son profil, by Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782

Console avec son profil

Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782 · ca. 1775

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. 34 matched · 24 examined · 8 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. 16049 matched · 40 examined · 2 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 2026-08-27 14:17 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.