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 ring handles” — 64 records examined, 15 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-30 05:33 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 ring handles

Vase with ring handles

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Mantel clock

Mantel clock

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by Tucker Factory

Vase

Tucker Factory · 1828–36

Public domainThe Met
Plate from Omnia Conando Docilis Solertia Vincit (A Docile Disposition will Conquers all Difficulty), by Paul Birckenhultz, German, 1561 - 1639

Plate from Omnia Conando Docilis Solertia Vincit (A Docile Disposition will Conquers all Difficulty)

Paul Birckenhultz, German, 1561 - 1639 · Ca. 1600

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase

Vase

Artist not stated in the record · 1713–22

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by Jacques-Philippe de Beauvais, French, 1739 – 1781

Ornamental Vase Design

Jacques-Philippe de Beauvais, French, 1739 – 1781 · 1760-1764

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by Daniel Marot the Elder

Vase

Daniel Marot the Elder · ca. 1690

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by Jacques-Philippe de Beauvais, French, 1739 – 1781

Ornamental Vase Design

Jacques-Philippe de Beauvais, French, 1739 – 1781 · 1760-1764

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tea or hot water urn, by John McMullin

Tea or hot water urn

John McMullin · 1799

Public domainThe Met
Vase with Flowers, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Vase with Flowers

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Presentation Vase, by Thomas Fletcher

Presentation Vase

Thomas Fletcher · 1825

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
Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription

Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription

Artist not stated in the record · early 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Bouquet holder, scaly surface pattern

Bouquet holder, scaly surface pattern

Artist not stated in the record · ca.1830-1920

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by George E. Ohr

Vase

George E. Ohr · 1900

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
Vase, by George E. Ohr

Vase

George E. Ohr · ca. 1895–96

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Vase and Figure Sketches

Design for a Vase and Figure Sketches

Artist not stated in the record · 1600–1650

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by Tiffany & Co.

Vase

Tiffany & Co. · 1900

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
Longcase astronomical regulator, by Ferdinand Berthoud

Longcase astronomical regulator

Ferdinand Berthoud · ca. 1768–70

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
Terracotta askos (flask with a spout and handle over the top), by Bolsena Group

Terracotta askos (flask with a spout and handle over the top)

Bolsena Group · ca. 300–250 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Vase with Flowers, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Vase with Flowers

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · late 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. 3590 matched · 24 examined · 10 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. 266225 matched · 40 examined · 5 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 05:33 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.