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 “Water jar with spout (vase à bec)” — 64 records examined, 25 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 00:39 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.
Water jar with spout (vase à bec)

Water jar with spout (vase à bec)

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

Public domainThe Met
Rocaille Arch and Fountain with a Vase and Sea Horses, by Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775

Rocaille Arch and Fountain with a Vase and Sea Horses

Pierre Edme Babel, French, 1720–1775 · 1743-1763

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta spouted jug with high handle and slip lid

Terracotta spouted jug with high handle and slip lid

Artist not stated in the record · 6th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Ornament Composition, by P. Ludovik, French?, active mid 18th century

Ornament Composition

P. Ludovik, French?, active mid 18th century · ca. 1745

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Magical Water Jar of Sithathoryunet with Lid

Magical Water Jar of Sithathoryunet with Lid

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1887–1813 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Sketches of a Fountain in Rome, by Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

Sketches of a Fountain in Rome

Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925 · 1881

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta pelike (jar), by Somzée Painter

Terracotta pelike (jar)

Somzée Painter · ca. 420–410 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Vase, plate 18 of "Suite de Vases", by Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801

Vase, plate 18 of "Suite de Vases"

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, French, 1727 – 1801 · 1764

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta beak-spouted jar, Vasiliki ware

Terracotta beak-spouted jar, Vasiliki ware

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 2600–2200 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Vase

Vase

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1893–1909

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dragon jar

Dragon jar

Artist not stated in the record · second half 18th century

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
Terracotta stirrup jar

Terracotta stirrup jar

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1400–1300 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Decorative Vase

Design for a Decorative Vase

Artist not stated in the record · 1775–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta amphora (jar), by Group with Horizontal Ivy Leaves

Terracotta amphora (jar)

Group with Horizontal Ivy Leaves · ca. 275–250 BCE

Public domainThe Met
An Oil Burning Lamp, by Giovacchino Belli, Italian, 1756 - 1822

An Oil Burning Lamp

Giovacchino Belli, Italian, 1756 - 1822 · 1775–1880

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Faience double-spouted vessel in the form of a kneeling woman holding a jar

Faience double-spouted vessel in the form of a kneeling woman holding a jar

Artist not stated in the record · late 7th–early 6th century BCE

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
Bronze hydria (water jar)

Bronze hydria (water jar)

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

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809

Ornamental Vase Design

Joseph Marie Vien, French, 1716–1809 · 1760

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sake vessel (Heishi)

Sake vessel (Heishi)

Artist not stated in the record · late 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Hot Water Spout

Design for a Hot Water Spout

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vessel with mythological scene, by Metropolitan Painter

Vessel with mythological scene

Metropolitan Painter · 600–800 CE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Hot Water Spout

Design for a Hot Water Spout

Artist not stated in the record · 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. 173 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. 1891921 matched · 40 examined · 25 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 00:39 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.