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 “Small Lobed Bowl” — 64 records examined, 21 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-30 16:04 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.
Small Lobed Bowl

Small Lobed Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · 9th–10th century

Public domainThe Met
Lobed ladle with floral scrolls

Lobed ladle with floral scrolls

Artist not stated in the record · late 7th-early 8th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · 8th–9th century

Public domainThe Met
Double-Handled Porringer (Écuelle), by Johann Erhard Heuglin II, German, 1687 – 1757

Double-Handled Porringer (Écuelle)

Johann Erhard Heuglin II, German, 1687 – 1757 · ca. 1725

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Glass garland bowl

Glass garland bowl

Artist not stated in the record · late 1st century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Footed Bowl

Footed Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1810

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · 7th–9th century

Public domainThe Met
Sugar Bowl, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute"), by Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735

Sugar Bowl, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735 · ca. 1810–1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · late 13th–early 14th century

Public domainThe Met
A Pair of Dishes

A Pair of Dishes

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th–early 20th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl, by Fernand Thesmar

Bowl

Fernand Thesmar · 1903

Public domainThe Met
Lotus Bowl, by Clara Barck Welles, American, 1868– 1965

Lotus Bowl

Clara Barck Welles, American, 1868– 1965 · 1912–1917

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1856

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · first half 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Sugar Bowl and Stand, from a Dessert Service (Sucrier et son Plateau), by Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1725 - ca. 1789

Sugar Bowl and Stand, from a Dessert Service (Sucrier et son Plateau)

Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1725 - ca. 1789 · ca. 1735

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1780–1810

Public domainThe Met
spoon

spoon

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Tea Bowl and Saucer, by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

Tea Bowl and Saucer

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present · ca. 1735–1745

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl, by Nasca artist(s)

Bowl

Nasca artist(s) · 1–400 CE

Public domainThe Met
Sifting Spoon

Sifting Spoon

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bowl

Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · second half 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Fragment from a bowl

Fragment from a bowl

Artist not stated in the record · 1st century

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. 964 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. 103962 matched · 40 examined · 19 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 16:04 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.