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 “The "Greek A" Factory” — 64 records examined, 30 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 06:52 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.
Vase, by Daniel Marot the Elder

Vase

Daniel Marot the Elder · ca. 1690

Public domainThe Met
Textile, by Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811

Textile

Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811 · 1783–1784

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Factory Village, by Julian Alden Weir

The Factory Village

Julian Alden Weir · 1897

Public domainThe Met
Dites Merci, by Meillier et Cie

Dites Merci

Meillier et Cie · ca. 1798

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jug with stylized floral pendants, by The "Greek A" Factory

Jug with stylized floral pendants

The "Greek A" Factory · ca. 1701–15

Public domainThe Met
Sida glabra Mill.

Sida glabra Mill.

Artist not stated in the record · 2 Jan 1959

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tile with a bust of William III (1650–1702), by Adrianus Kocx

Tile with a bust of William III (1650–1702)

Adrianus Kocx · ca. 1694

Public domainThe Met
Rhynchelytrum roseum (Nees) Stapf & C.E. Hubb.

Rhynchelytrum roseum (Nees) Stapf & C.E. Hubb.

Artist not stated in the record · 15 Jan 1959

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Potpourri with cover, by Niderviller

Potpourri with cover

Niderviller · 1760–65

Public domainThe Met
Anthyllis vulneraria L.

Anthyllis vulneraria L.

Artist not stated in the record · 21 Jun 1984

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bourdalou, by The "Greek A" Factory

Bourdalou

The "Greek A" Factory · ca. 1715

Public domainThe Met
Lantana x aculeata L.

Lantana x aculeata L.

Artist not stated in the record · 15 Jan 1959

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Teapot, by Arij de Milde

Teapot

Arij de Milde · 1671–1708

Public domainThe Met
Castela calcicola (Britton & Small) Ekman ex Urb.

Castela calcicola (Britton & Small) Ekman ex Urb.

Artist not stated in the record · 2 Jan 1959

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Shoulao, by Chantilly

Shoulao

Chantilly · ca. 1735–40

Public domainThe Met
Zanthoxylum punctatum Vahl

Zanthoxylum punctatum Vahl

Artist not stated in the record · 2 Jan 1959

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seated Chinese, by Saint-Cloud factory

Seated Chinese

Saint-Cloud factory · ca. 1730–40

Public domainThe Met
Melochia tomentosa L.

Melochia tomentosa L.

Artist not stated in the record · 2 Jan 1959

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Harlequin family, by Villeroy

Harlequin family

Villeroy · ca. 1740–45

Public domainThe Met
Sketch of a Textile Printing Factory

Sketch of a Textile Printing Factory

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1810

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chinese musicians, by Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

Chinese musicians

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory · ca. 1755

Public domainThe Met
Vachellia nilotica (L.) P.J.H. Hurter & Mabb.

Vachellia nilotica (L.) P.J.H. Hurter & Mabb.

Artist not stated in the record · 2 Jan 1959

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by Tucker Factory

Vase

Tucker Factory · 1828–36

Public domainThe Met
Sauceboat, by Clignancourt Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1771 - ca. 1791

Sauceboat

Clignancourt Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1771 - ca. 1791 · 1775–1785

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. 6786 matched · 24 examined · 5 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. 1184735 matched · 40 examined · 25 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 06:52 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.