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A painting can be out of copyright and thephotograph of it can still be protected.

Museums publish two different things about the same artwork: whether the work is in copyright, and whether their picture of it is. OpenPlate reads both, does the arithmetic on the published term, and shows you the sentence behind every point of the score.

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Where this page got its records

  • The Metlive

    178 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

  • Clevelandlive

    328 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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2 of 2 providers answered live. 236 matching records exist across the two collections.

Results for "Tongs"12 records

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Tongs by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tongs

Unrecorded maker

1750–70 · Silver

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sugar Tongs by Feodor Ivanovich Rückert, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sugar Tongs

Feodor Ivanovich Rückert (d. 1917)

1887–96 · Miscellaneous, silver gilt, opaque cloisonné enamel

Cleared · CC0

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Tongs by Ephraim Brasher, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tongs

Ephraim Brasher (d. 1810)

ca. 1800 · Silver

Cleared · Public Domain

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Tongs by Louis Rorimer, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Tongs

Louis Rorimer (d. 1939)

c. 1910 · Silver, silver, moonstones, ebony

Cleared · CC0

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Tongs by Joel Sayre, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tongs

Joel Sayre (d. 1818)

ca. 1800 · Silver

Cleared · Public Domain

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Lu Tong and Servant by Min Zhen, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Lu Tong and Servant

Min Zhen (d. 1788)

1788 · Painting, album leaf, ink on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Tongs by Paul Revere, III, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tongs

Paul Revere, III (d. 1813)

ca. 1810 · Silver

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sugar Tongs by John Sayre, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sugar Tongs

John Sayre (d. 1852)

c. 1800 · Silver, silver

Cleared · CC0

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Tongs by Paul Revere, III, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tongs

Paul Revere, III (d. 1813)

ca. 1810 · Silver

Cleared · Public Domain

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Tong-shaped Vase with Band of Cloud by Seifū Yohei III, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Tong-shaped Vase with Band of Cloud

Seifū Yohei III (d. 1914)

1893–1914 · Ceramic, Porcelain with molded and carved design and green glaze

Cleared · CC0

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Tongs by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tongs

Unrecorded maker

1795–1815 · Brass, iron

Cleared · Public Domain

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Tong-Shaped Vase with Flowers and Grasses by Seifū Yohei IV, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Tong-Shaped Vase with Flowers and Grasses

Seifū Yohei IV (d. 1951)

1914–46 · Ceramic, Porcelain with molded and carved design and green glaze

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

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