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 “Tray with Chinese characters, bats, and fruits” — 64 records examined, 33 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-30 04:23 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.
Tray with Chinese characters, bats, and fruits

Tray with Chinese characters, bats, and fruits

Artist not stated in the record · 1736–1795

Public domainThe Met
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Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pipa (琵琶 )

Pipa (琵琶 )

Artist not stated in the record · late 16th–early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
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Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Coffee and tea service (déjeuner chinois réticulé), by Sèvres Manufactory

Coffee and tea service (déjeuner chinois réticulé)

Sèvres Manufactory · 1855–61

Public domainThe Met
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Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tray with dragon and Chinese characters

Tray with dragon and Chinese characters

Artist not stated in the record · 1522–1566

Public domainThe Met
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Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Brush washer in the shape of a peach

Brush washer in the shape of a peach

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Fruit dish and tray

Fruit dish and tray

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tray Stand

Tray Stand

Artist not stated in the record · mid-14th century (after 1342)

Public domainThe Met
Pineapple quilt gifted to Lucy Hardiman Roundtree from Lydia Hardiman, by Lydia Hardiman, American

Pineapple quilt gifted to Lucy Hardiman Roundtree from Lydia Hardiman

Lydia Hardiman, American · 1885

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Square tray with birds in a garden

Square tray with birds in a garden

Artist not stated in the record · 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Braziers and Trays, from Dessins d'orfèvrerie (Designs for Metalwork), by Léonard Thiry, Flemish, 1550

Designs for Braziers and Trays, from Dessins d'orfèvrerie (Designs for Metalwork)

Léonard Thiry, Flemish, 1550 · 1540–1560

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rectangular tray with fish chime, treasures, and clouds

Rectangular tray with fish chime, treasures, and clouds

Artist not stated in the record

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Prunes et Pruneaux (Plums and Prunes) for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service), by Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849

Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Prunes et Pruneaux (Plums and Prunes) for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849 · 1824

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Reciting Poetry in a Garden

Reciting Poetry in a Garden

Artist not stated in the record · first quarter 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Bridges and Bats on Lattice

Bridges and Bats on Lattice

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Apricot, by Wu Xizai

Apricot

Wu Xizai · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Tureen and Stand, by Royal Worcester, English, established 1751

Tureen and Stand

Royal Worcester, English, established 1751 · ca. 1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vessel with throne scene, by Chamá artist(s)

Vessel with throne scene

Chamá artist(s) · 600–900 CE

Public domainThe Met
Border

Border

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

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

Shoulao

Chantilly · ca. 1735–40

Public domainThe Met
Mantel Clock Case Design, by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

Mantel Clock Case Design

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742 · 1738

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. 41 matched · 24 examined · 7 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. 1528831 matched · 40 examined · 26 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 2026-08-30 04:23 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.