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 “Varages Pottery Factory, French, active 18th century” — 64 records examined, 1 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 09:21 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.
Plate

Plate

Artist not stated in the record · 1730–1800

Public domainThe Met
Inkstand, by Varages Pottery Factory, French, active 18th century

Inkstand

Varages Pottery Factory, French, active 18th century · ca. 1770

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tiles with the devices of Claude d'Urfé, by Masséot Abaquesne

Tiles with the devices of Claude d'Urfé

Masséot Abaquesne · ca. 1557–60

Public domainThe Met
Platter, by Varages Pottery Factory, French, active 18th century

Platter

Varages Pottery Factory, French, active 18th century · ca. 1745

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
54 Tiles from the chapel of Château de la Bastie d'Urfé, France, by Masséot Abaquesne

54 Tiles from the chapel of Château de la Bastie d'Urfé, France

Masséot Abaquesne · ca. 1557–60

Public domainThe Met
Album of Arabesque Designs, by Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802

Album of Arabesque Designs

Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802 · 1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Potpourri vase (pot-pourri à vaisseau), by Sèvres Manufactory

Potpourri vase (pot-pourri à vaisseau)

Sèvres Manufactory · 1758

Public domainThe Met
NOUVEAUX TROPHÉES OU CARTOUCHES Représentant Les Arts et Les Sciences Composée avec les Artributs qui-les caractérisent INVENTÉS ET DÉDIÉS A MR MORLOT PEINTRE par Son Elève et Son Ami MARILLIER, by Clément Pierre Marillier, French, 1740 – 1808

NOUVEAUX TROPHÉES OU CARTOUCHES Représentant Les Arts et Les Sciences Composée avec les Artributs qui-les caractérisent INVENTÉS ET DÉDIÉS A MR MORLOT PEINTRE par Son Elève et Son Ami MARILLIER

Clément Pierre Marillier, French, 1740 – 1808 · 1759–80

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), by Martin Carlin

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Martin Carlin · ca. 1776

Public domainThe Met
Cartouche Design, by Borch, active mid 18th century

Cartouche Design

Borch, active mid 18th century · 1729–68

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Barber's basin, by Veuve Perrin Factory

Barber's basin

Veuve Perrin Factory · late 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Trophy Design, by Jean-Baptiste Crépy, French, active 1753 – d. 1796

Trophy Design

Jean-Baptiste Crépy, French, active 1753 – d. 1796 · mid- 18th–late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase (vase à tête d'éléphant) (one of a pair), by Jean-Claude Duplessis

Vase (vase à tête d'éléphant) (one of a pair)

Jean-Claude Duplessis · ca. 1758

Public domainThe Met
Trophy Design, by Jean-Baptiste Crépy, French, active 1753 – d. 1796

Trophy Design

Jean-Baptiste Crépy, French, active 1753 – d. 1796 · mid- 18th–late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing cup (coupe Chenavard), by Sèvres Manufactory

Standing cup (coupe Chenavard)

Sèvres Manufactory · 1837

Public domainThe Met
Cartouche Design, by Borch, active mid 18th century

Cartouche Design

Borch, active mid 18th century · 1729–68

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chocolate pot, by Olérys Factory

Chocolate pot

Olérys Factory · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Cartouche Design, by Borch, active mid 18th century

Cartouche Design

Borch, active mid 18th century · 1729–68

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Plate, by Pierre-Clement Caussey

Plate

Pierre-Clement Caussey · ca. 1750–60

Public domainThe Met
Cartouche Design, by Borch, active mid 18th century

Cartouche Design

Borch, active mid 18th century · 1729–68

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Platter, by Jacques Hustin

Platter

Jacques Hustin · early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Borch, active mid 18th century

Title Page

Borch, active mid 18th century · 1729–68

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tray, by Joseph Hannong

Tray

Joseph Hannong · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Cartouche Design, by Borch, active mid 18th century

Cartouche Design

Borch, active mid 18th century · 1729–68

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. 65 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. 159578 matched · 40 examined · 0 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 2026-09-02 09:21 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.