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 “Snuff box in book form, inscribed "J. B. F."” — 64 records examined, 26 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-04 21:47 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.
Snuff box in book form, inscribed "J. B. F."

Snuff box in book form, inscribed "J. B. F."

Artist not stated in the record · between 1800 and 1899

Public domainThe Met
"J. Hynam's Royal Patent Congreves & Safety Fire Boxes"

"J. Hynam's Royal Patent Congreves & Safety Fire Boxes"

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Box, by J. P. M., Paris, France

Box

J. P. M., Paris, France · 1766–67

Public domainThe Met
"Smoke Up & Up Fumar Cigars", by Huntley, Boorne, & Stevens

"Smoke Up & Up Fumar Cigars"

Huntley, Boorne, & Stevens · 1870–80

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Christ Blessing, Surrounded by a Donor Family, by German Painter

Christ Blessing, Surrounded by a Donor Family

German Painter · ca. 1573–82

Public domainThe Met
Bird Motif, by Huntley, Boorne, & Stevens

Bird Motif

Huntley, Boorne, & Stevens · 1870–80

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Snuffbox, by Daniel Govaers (or Gouers)

Snuffbox

Daniel Govaers (or Gouers) · 1734–35

Public domainThe Met
Venus and Cupid

Venus and Cupid

Artist not stated in the record · 1760-1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Marriage spruce gum box in book form, by Joseph Morin

Marriage spruce gum box in book form

Joseph Morin · February 27, 1903

Public domainThe Met
Venus and Cupid

Venus and Cupid

Artist not stated in the record · 1760–1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Meeting, by Pietro Longhi (Pietro Falca)

The Meeting

Pietro Longhi (Pietro Falca) · 1746

Public domainThe Met
Snuff Box in Shape of a Moor's Head

Snuff Box in Shape of a Moor's Head

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Alphabet game in book form

Alphabet game in book form

Artist not stated in the record · 1810

Public domainThe Met
Masonic Symbols

Masonic Symbols

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Box in book form with drawer, Album

Box in book form with drawer, Album

Artist not stated in the record · 1903

Public domainThe Met
Gentleman and Swimmer

Gentleman and Swimmer

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Basset Horn in F, by Johann Gottlieb Freyer

Basset Horn in F

Johann Gottlieb Freyer · ca. 1800

Public domainThe Met
"Henry Clay" cigar box

"Henry Clay" cigar box

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sarcophagus of Wereshnefer

Sarcophagus of Wereshnefer

Artist not stated in the record · 380–300 BCE

Public domainThe Met
"Marienbad"

"Marienbad"

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
An Egyptian Peasant Woman and Her Child, by Léon Bonnat

An Egyptian Peasant Woman and Her Child

Léon Bonnat · 1869–70

Public domainThe Met
"Old City Gates, St. Augustine, Fla.", by Watson Company

"Old City Gates, St. Augustine, Fla."

Watson Company · ca. 1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Don Andrés de Andrade y la Cal, by Bartolomé Estebán Murillo

Don Andrés de Andrade y la Cal

Bartolomé Estebán Murillo · ca. 1665–72

Public domainThe Met
Moët & Chandon Champagne Hamper

Moët & Chandon Champagne Hamper

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1890

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. 53 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. 7466311 matched · 40 examined · 24 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 2026-09-04 21:47 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.