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. 23 shown for “Tube for Eye Paint (Kohl) in the Shape of a Papyrus Column” — 64 records examined, 29 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 08:55 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.
Tube for Eye Paint (Kohl) in the Shape of a Papyrus Column

Tube for Eye Paint (Kohl) in the Shape of a Papyrus Column

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550–1300 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Photographic postcard of Daniel Hendricks in Masonic regalia

Photographic postcard of Daniel Hendricks in Masonic regalia

Artist not stated in the record · early 1920s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Composite Papyrus Capital

Composite Papyrus Capital

Artist not stated in the record · 380–343 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design, Egyptian Temple

Stage Design, Egyptian Temple

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kohl Tube Holder in the Form of a Papyrus Column

Kohl Tube Holder in the Form of a Papyrus Column

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1386–1347 BCE

Public domainThe Met
The elevation of a tower-like structure for a firework at the feast of St. Rosalia in Palermo

The elevation of a tower-like structure for a firework at the feast of St. Rosalia in Palermo

Artist not stated in the record · 1780–1810

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kohl Tube in the Shape of a Papyrus Column

Kohl Tube in the Shape of a Papyrus Column

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1386–1347 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Singer model 66 treadle sewing machine and motor from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

Singer model 66 treadle sewing machine and motor from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

Artist not stated in the record · 1921

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kohl tube and stick

Kohl tube and stick

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for the West Wall of the Music Room, for Brighton Pavilion, Brighton, England, by Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

Design for the West Wall of the Music Room, for Brighton Pavilion, Brighton, England

Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859 · ca. 1817

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cosmetic container decorated with a pair of Bes-images

Cosmetic container decorated with a pair of Bes-images

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550–1400 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for the Entrance Hall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, by Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859

Design for the Entrance Hall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, English, 1779–1859 · 1819–20

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Birth of the Virgin, by Fra Carnevale (Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini)

The Birth of the Virgin

Fra Carnevale (Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini) · 1467

Public domainThe Met
Trophy awarded to golfer Ethel Funches

Trophy awarded to golfer Ethel Funches

Artist not stated in the record · 1968

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Column Capital

Column Capital

Artist not stated in the record · 41–68 CE

Public domainThe Met
Monument, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · October 1796

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Column Capital

Column Capital

Artist not stated in the record · 41–68 CE

Public domainThe Met
'Egyptian' Pattern Berry Spoon, by Whiting Manufacturing Company, 1866 – 1926

'Egyptian' Pattern Berry Spoon

Whiting Manufacturing Company, 1866 – 1926 · ca. 1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Temple of Dendur

The Temple of Dendur

Artist not stated in the record · completed by 10 CE

Public domainThe Met
Electrical hot comb heater and hot comb

Electrical hot comb heater and hot comb

Artist not stated in the record · 1920s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Adoration of the Magi, by Joos van Wassenhove

The Adoration of the Magi

Joos van Wassenhove · 1472–74

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental woodwork detail, by Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870

Ornamental woodwork detail

Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870 · 1833

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chair (Sgabello), by Workshop of Giuliano da Maiano (1432–1490) and Benedetto da Maiano (1442–1497)

Chair (Sgabello)

Workshop of Giuliano da Maiano (1432–1490) and Benedetto da Maiano (1442–1497) · ca. 1489–91

Public domainThe Met
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. 66 matched · 24 examined · 0 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. 7483544 matched · 40 examined · 29 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.11 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-08-27 08:55 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.