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 “Sugarbowl and cover” — 64 records examined, 27 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 05:49 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.
Cover

Cover

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Sugarbowl and cover

Sugarbowl and cover

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cover

Cover

Artist not stated in the record · 1770–1800

Public domainThe Met
Sugarbowl, by Kuznetsoff Pottery, founded 1810

Sugarbowl

Kuznetsoff Pottery, founded 1810 · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Settee (one of a pair), by John Mayhew

Settee (one of a pair)

John Mayhew · 1769–71

Public domainThe Met
Beverage service from Wormley's Hotel, by George Linsenmayer

Beverage service from Wormley's Hotel

George Linsenmayer · ca. 1885

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Quilt, Album pattern, by Brown and Turner families

Quilt, Album pattern

Brown and Turner families · begun 1846

Public domainThe Met
Pink Log Cabin Patterned Sugar Bowl

Pink Log Cabin Patterned Sugar Bowl

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armchair (one of a set of six), by John Mayhew

Armchair (one of a set of six)

John Mayhew · 1769–71

Public domainThe Met
Lomatium gormanii (Howell) J.M. Coult. & Rose

Lomatium gormanii (Howell) J.M. Coult. & Rose

Artist not stated in the record · 16 Apr 2008

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), by Martin Carlin

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Martin Carlin · ca. 1776

Public domainThe Met
Tennis racket cover used by Althea Gibson

Tennis racket cover used by Althea Gibson

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1960

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Box in the shape of a flower

Box in the shape of a flower

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th–early 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Casket

Casket

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1500

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Calendrier belgique, curieux et utile, contenant les evenemens historiques sur les jours de l'an, et les travaux à faire dans les jardins en chaque mois de l'année, la description des tableaux remarquables, que l'on trouve dans la ville de Gand, avec les noms des peintres pour l'annėe MDCCLXXII, by Pierre de Goesin

Calendrier belgique, curieux et utile, contenant les evenemens historiques sur les jours de l'an, et les travaux à faire dans les jardins en chaque mois de l'année, la description des tableaux remarquables, que l'on trouve dans la ville de Gand, avec les noms des peintres pour l'annėe MDCCLXXII

Pierre de Goesin · 1772

Public domainThe Met
Diplomatic Penalty Mail cover

Diplomatic Penalty Mail cover

Artist not stated in the record · February 11, 1942

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
L'office de l'Église en françois contenant les offices pour toute l'année, plusieurs prières tirées de l'écriture-sainte & des saints pères, les hymnes en vers françois, avec une instruction pour les fidèles, by Catholic Church

L'office de l'Église en françois contenant les offices pour toute l'année, plusieurs prières tirées de l'écriture-sainte & des saints pères, les hymnes en vers françois, avec une instruction pour les fidèles

Catholic Church · 1792

Public domainThe Met
Slate notebook used by Bishop Benjamin Tanner, by Unidentified

Slate notebook used by Bishop Benjamin Tanner

Unidentified · 1898

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Almanach de Normandie pour l'année bissext. 1788, by La Veuve Besongne & Fils

Almanach de Normandie pour l'année bissext. 1788

La Veuve Besongne & Fils · [1787]

Public domainThe Met
Letter box

Letter box

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Almanach royal, année bissextile M.DCC.LXXXIV., by Laurent Charles d' Houry

Almanach royal, année bissextile M.DCC.LXXXIV.

Laurent Charles d' Houry · 1783

Public domainThe Met
Altar covers in Chaplain Kit used by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley

Altar covers in Chaplain Kit used by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley

Artist not stated in the record · 1939-1944

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
De' ragguagli di Parnaso: Centuria prima-seconda, by Johannes Blaeu

De' ragguagli di Parnaso: Centuria prima-seconda

Johannes Blaeu · 1669

Public domainThe Met
Box and cover

Box and cover

Artist not stated in the record · 1880–90

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. 14330 matched · 24 examined · 4 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. 1471513 matched · 40 examined · 23 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 2026-08-28 05:49 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.