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 “Vase with archaistic bronze pattern” — 64 records examined, 6 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-29 16:39 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 with archaistic bronze pattern

Vase with archaistic bronze pattern

Artist not stated in the record

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Furniture, by André-Charles Boulle, French, 1642 – 1732

Designs for Furniture

André-Charles Boulle, French, 1642 – 1732 · ca. 1715

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase with archaistic patterns

Vase with archaistic patterns

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

Public domainThe Met
Vase with Diamond Pattern

Vase with Diamond Pattern

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1835

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase

Vase

Artist not stated in the record · first half 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Vase, by Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

Vase

Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853 · ca. 1909–10

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bronze horse

Bronze horse

Artist not stated in the record · 8th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782

Ornamental Vase Design

Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782 · 1755-1768

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase with archaistic design

Vase with archaistic design

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

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Candelabrum

Design for a Candelabrum

Artist not stated in the record · 1780–90

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Minerva clock, by Matthew Boulton

Minerva clock

Matthew Boulton · ca. 1772, with later alterations

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762

Ornamental Vase Design

Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762 · 1737

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tripod incense burner with archaistic patterns

Tripod incense burner with archaistic patterns

Artist not stated in the record · 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Bronze Vase with the Sacrifice of Iphigenia (after the Medici Vase), by Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819

Bronze Vase with the Sacrifice of Iphigenia (after the Medici Vase)

Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819 · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bronze hydria (water jar)

Bronze hydria (water jar)

Artist not stated in the record · mid-5th century BCE

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
Monumental vase, by Pierre Philippe Thomire

Monumental vase

Pierre Philippe Thomire · lapidary work: early 19th century; pedestal and mounts: 1819

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by A. Panier, French, active 18th century

Ornamental Vase Design

A. Panier, French, active 18th century · 1767-1793

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Helmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings

Helmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1500–1100 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Mounted Vase

Mounted Vase

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Roller (one of a pair), by Meissen Manufactory

Roller (one of a pair)

Meissen Manufactory · ca. 1740

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
Vase on a column stand, by Hôtel des Menus-Plaisirs, Versailles

Vase on a column stand

Hôtel des Menus-Plaisirs, Versailles · after 1771–72, mounts ca. 1780

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Designs, by Théodore Bertren, active in France, 18th century

Ornamental Vase Designs

Théodore Bertren, active in France, 18th century · 1772

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. 68 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 265862 matched · 40 examined · 4 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 2026-08-29 16:39 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.