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. 17 shown for “Terracotta finial with three flanges” — 45 records examined, 11 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 06:50 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.
Terracotta finial with three flanges

Terracotta finial with three flanges

Artist not stated in the record · 7th–6th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Pair of Chambersticks with Snuffers, by William Cafe, British

Pair of Chambersticks with Snuffers

William Cafe, British · 1758

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory

Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory

Artist not stated in the record · 2nd quarter of the 6th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Two-Armed Candelabra, by George Eadon & Company, Sheffield, England

Two-Armed Candelabra

George Eadon & Company, Sheffield, England · 1817

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Helmet of the Montefortino Type

Helmet of the Montefortino Type

Artist not stated in the record · late 4th–early 3rd century BCE; cheekpieces, modern

Public domainThe Met
Birdcage with fishbowl

Birdcage with fishbowl

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta lead-glazed scyphus (drinking cup)

Terracotta lead-glazed scyphus (drinking cup)

Artist not stated in the record · end of 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

Public domainThe Met
Candleholder and cover

Candleholder and cover

Artist not stated in the record · 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Three Pommel Plates of a Saddle

Three Pommel Plates of a Saddle

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1510–20

Public domainThe Met
Inkstand

Inkstand

Artist not stated in the record · mid-19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Egg cups and stand

Egg cups and stand

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Fishing Temple, Virginia Water, England, by Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

The Fishing Temple, Virginia Water, England

Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859 · ca. 1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jardiniere

Jardiniere

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Folding Fork and Spoon Bowl with Eagle Finial

Folding Fork and Spoon Bowl with Eagle Finial

Artist not stated in the record · early 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kettle and stand, by Christopher Dresser, Scottish, 1834–1904

Kettle and stand

Christopher Dresser, Scottish, 1834–1904 · ca. 1885

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Figure for a Pincushion (One of a Pair)

Figure for a Pincushion (One of a Pair)

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Figure for a Pincushion (One of a Pair)

Figure for a Pincushion (One of a Pair)

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th 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. 5 matched · 5 examined · 0 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.5 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 258573 matched · 40 examined · 11 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 2026-09-03 06:50 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.