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 “Tiered Box with Design of Bellflower and Autumn Grasses” — 64 records examined, 4 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 02:47 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.
Tiered Box with Design of Bellflower and Autumn Grasses

Tiered Box with Design of Bellflower and Autumn Grasses

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Sidewall

Sidewall

Artist not stated in the record · 1880–1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stand with Autumn Grasses and Flowers

Stand with Autumn Grasses and Flowers

Artist not stated in the record · first half of the 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Abstract autumn grass motif

Abstract autumn grass motif

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sake Ewer (Hisage) with Chrysanthemums and Paulownia Crests in Alternating Fields

Sake Ewer (Hisage) with Chrysanthemums and Paulownia Crests in Alternating Fields

Artist not stated in the record · early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Bellflower Ornament

Bellflower Ornament

Artist not stated in the record · 1815–1823

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Smith and Wesson .38 Caliber Safety Third Model Double-Action Revolver, serial no. 83097, with Case, by Smith & Wesson

Smith and Wesson .38 Caliber Safety Third Model Double-Action Revolver, serial no. 83097, with Case

Smith & Wesson · 1892–93

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Flowers: Single Julienne, Pyramidal Bellflower, Artere Petal, White Lily, Yellow Tulip, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Designs for Flowers: Single Julienne, Pyramidal Bellflower, Artere Petal, White Lily, Yellow Tulip

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Autumn Landscape with a Flock of Turkeys, by Jean-François Millet

Autumn Landscape with a Flock of Turkeys

Jean-François Millet · 1872–73

Public domainThe Met
Interior Detail of the Teatro Vaccai, Telentino, by Giuseppe Lucatelli, Italian, 1751 – 1828

Interior Detail of the Teatro Vaccai, Telentino

Giuseppe Lucatelli, Italian, 1751 – 1828 · 1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tiered Box with Design of Autumn Grasses

Tiered Box with Design of Autumn Grasses

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Hanging Sacristy Cupboard

Design for a Hanging Sacristy Cupboard

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Autumn Grasses in Moonlight, by Shibata Zeshin

Autumn Grasses in Moonlight

Shibata Zeshin · second half of the 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Hibiscus, maple and autumn wheat grass

Hibiscus, maple and autumn wheat grass

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Writing Table (Bundai) with Melons and Squirrels

Writing Table (Bundai) with Melons and Squirrels

Artist not stated in the record · first half of the 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for Mahogany Inlay Sideboard with Neo-Classical Motifs, by A.N. Davenport Co.

Design for Mahogany Inlay Sideboard with Neo-Classical Motifs

A.N. Davenport Co. · 1900–05

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel

Panel

Artist not stated in the record · second half 8th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Case with Alternative Suggestions

Design for a Case with Alternative Suggestions

Artist not stated in the record · 1760–1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Moon and Autumn Grasses, by Tawaraya Sōtatsu

Moon and Autumn Grasses

Tawaraya Sōtatsu · mid- to late 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Elevation of a Fountain

Elevation of a Fountain

Artist not stated in the record · 1700–1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Case (Inrō) with Design of Grapevine

Case (Inrō) with Design of Grapevine

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

Public domainThe Met
Sidewall

Sidewall

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sutra Box (Kyōbako) with Sun and Clouds

Sutra Box (Kyōbako) with Sun and Clouds

Artist not stated in the record · late 14th–early 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Project for an Altar

Project for an Altar

Artist not stated in the record · 1750–1775

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. 156 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. 3451569 matched · 40 examined · 3 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 02:47 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.