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 or handle from a large vase” — 64 records examined, 26 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 05:19 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 or handle from a large vase

Terracotta rim or handle from a large vase

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1700–1600 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Plate 3, from Suite of Vases

Plate 3, from Suite of Vases

Artist not stated in the record · 1764

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta krater, by Hirschfeld Workshop

Terracotta krater

Hirschfeld Workshop · ca. 750–735 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by Charles Leviez, French, 1708–1778

Ornamental Vase Design

Charles Leviez, French, 1708–1778 · 1756-1773

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by Meissen Manufactory

Vase

Meissen Manufactory · ca. 1735

Public domainThe Met
Vase, by Jacques Sicard, French, 1865–1923

Vase

Jacques Sicard, French, 1865–1923 · 1902–07

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rim fragment of a large terracotta vessel

Rim fragment of a large terracotta vessel

Artist not stated in the record · 3rd century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762

Ornamental Vase Design

Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762 · 1737-1749

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta vase in the form of a bull's head

Terracotta vase in the form of a bull's head

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1450–1400 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762

Ornamental Vase Design

Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762 · 1738-1749

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), by Painter of the Woolly Satyrs

Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Painter of the Woolly Satyrs · ca. 450 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 and handle of a vase

Terracotta rim and handle of a vase

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2000–1550 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Bouquet holder, crown vase, mother of pearl handle

Bouquet holder, crown vase, mother of pearl handle

Artist not stated in the record · ca.1830-1920

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription

Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription

Artist not stated in the record · early 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by A. Panier, French, active 18th century

Ornamental Vase Design

A. Panier, French, active 18th century · 1772-1793

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta rim and handle fragment from a jug

Terracotta rim and handle fragment from a jug

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2300–2100 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Vase en plomb bronzé de la piece de Neptune à Versailles, by Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756

Vase en plomb bronzé de la piece de Neptune à Versailles

Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756 · 1744–56

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta one-handled cup

Terracotta one-handled cup

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1750–1700 BCE or 3rd–1st century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Bouquet holder, turquoise glass handle

Bouquet holder, turquoise glass handle

Artist not stated in the record · ca.1830-1920

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta handle

Terracotta handle

Artist not stated in the record · 1st century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Sugar Bowl, from a Breakfast Service (Sucrier; Déjeuner Mosaïque Florentine), by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

Sugar Bowl, from a Breakfast Service (Sucrier; Déjeuner Mosaïque Florentine)

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 · 1813

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Vase of Flowers, by Margareta Haverman

A Vase of Flowers

Margareta Haverman · 1716

Public domainThe Met
Milk Jug, from a Breakfast Service (Pot à Lait; Déjeuner Mosaïque Florentine), by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

Milk Jug, from a Breakfast Service (Pot à Lait; Déjeuner Mosaïque Florentine)

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 · 1813

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. 1061 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. 2017417 matched · 40 examined · 22 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 05:19 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.