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. 18 shown for “Vase decorated with magnolia, hollyhocks, and pheasants” — 46 records examined, 3 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 09:36 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 decorated with magnolia, hollyhocks, and pheasants

Vase decorated with magnolia, hollyhocks, and pheasants

Artist not stated in the record · early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
"Hans Sloane" Botanical Plate (One of Twelve), by Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784

"Hans Sloane" Botanical Plate (One of Twelve)

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, English, 1745 – 1784 · 1754–1758

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase decorated with auspicious animals

Vase decorated with auspicious animals

Artist not stated in the record · early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Copy of the Portland Vase, by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, British

Copy of the Portland Vase

Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, British · 1850–1860

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fruit and Flowers, by Orsola Maddalena Caccia

Fruit and Flowers

Orsola Maddalena Caccia · ca. 1630

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by St. G..., active 18th century

Ornamental Vase Design

St. G..., active 18th century · 1772-1777

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Vase with Flowers, by Jacob Vosmaer

A Vase with Flowers

Jacob Vosmaer · probably 1613

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Vase, by Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801

Design for a Vase

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801 · 1764

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Basket of Flowers, by Eugène Delacroix

Basket of Flowers

Eugène Delacroix · 1848–49

Public domainThe Met
POELE Russe, décoré de Cariatides, et surmonté d’un vase antique, by Louis Bosse, French, active ca. 1767 – 1777

POELE Russe, décoré de Cariatides, et surmonté d’un vase antique

Louis Bosse, French, active ca. 1767 – 1777 · ca. 1791

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seal casket with cover

Seal casket with cover

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

Public domainThe Met
Gourd-Shaped Vase

Gourd-Shaped Vase

Artist not stated in the record · 1670–1680

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by Edward Lycett, American, born England, 1833 - 1909

Vase

Edward Lycett, American, born England, 1833 - 1909 · 1902

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
POELE Russe, décoré de Cariatides, et surmonté d’un vase antique, by Louis Bosse, French, active ca. 1767 – 1777

POELE Russe, décoré de Cariatides, et surmonté d’un vase antique

Louis Bosse, French, active ca. 1767 – 1777 · ca. 1791

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase (One of a Pair), by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

Vase (One of a Pair)

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 · ca. 1868

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase (One of a Pair), by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

Vase (One of a Pair)

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 · ca. 1868

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

Vase

Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967 · 1882

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Miniature Vase on Pedestal (One of a Pair), by Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773

Miniature Vase on Pedestal (One of a Pair)

Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773 · mid-18th century

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. 6 matched · 6 examined · 0 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.6 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 1543773 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 2026-09-01 09:36 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.