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 “Terracotta rim of a cup with spirals and band” — 64 records examined, 16 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 06:35 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 rim of a cup with spirals and band

Terracotta rim of a cup with spirals and band

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800–1700 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Skyphos (Drinking Cup)

Skyphos (Drinking Cup)

Artist not stated in the record · 6th century BC

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta rim of a cup with spirals and bands

Terracotta rim of a cup with spirals and bands

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800–1700 BCE

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

Cup and Saucer, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cup

Cup

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

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

Cup and Saucer, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta amphora (jar), by Andokides

Terracotta amphora (jar)

Andokides · ca. 530 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Tea or Coffee Cup and Saucer, by Royal Worcester, English, established 1751

Tea or Coffee Cup and Saucer

Royal Worcester, English, established 1751 · 1903

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Glass gladiator cup

Glass gladiator cup

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 50–80 CE

Public domainThe Met
Rangoon Cup and Saucer, by Francis J. Emery, active ca. 1878 – 1893

Rangoon Cup and Saucer

Francis J. Emery, active ca. 1878 – 1893 · ca. 1878–85

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta aryballos (oil flask), by Nearchos

Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)

Nearchos · ca. 570 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Cup and saucer

Cup and saucer

Artist not stated in the record · 18th–mid-19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta rim of a cup with fern pattern and bands

Terracotta rim of a cup with fern pattern and bands

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800–1700 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Porcelain Cup, Saucer, and Glass Beaker with Box, by Buen Retiro Manufactory, Spanish, 1759 – 1808

Porcelain Cup, Saucer, and Glass Beaker with Box

Buen Retiro Manufactory, Spanish, 1759 – 1808 · ca. 1803–1808

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cup with cover

Cup with cover

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1650–60

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, by Manufacture de Nast, French, founded ca. 1783 - 1835

Cup and Saucer

Manufacture de Nast, French, founded ca. 1783 - 1835 · 1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta fragment of a cup with spiral and bands

Terracotta fragment of a cup with spiral and bands

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800–1700 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Cup, by Wedgwood, English, established 1759

Cup

Wedgwood, English, established 1759 · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), by Amasis Painter

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Amasis Painter · ca. 550–530 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer

Cup and Saucer

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup), by Jena Painter

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Jena Painter · ca. 350 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

Cup and Saucer

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 · 1787

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Monumental vase, by Pierre Philippe Thomire

Monumental vase

Pierre Philippe Thomire · lapidary work: early 19th century; pedestal and mounts: 1819

Public domainThe Met
Cup and Saucer, by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

Cup and Saucer

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 · 1779–1787

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. 15242 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 4065378 matched · 40 examined · 15 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 06:35 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.