I really like all three curtain rods the Fiske came with the end ball or attaching Finials not attached to the rod which was a good idea to have them remove and wrapped separately from the rod because the other two curtain rods (Grijalva Modern Layer Single Curtain Rod) did not.  That ordered which came from I assume some other supplier did not package them that way and there for all the Finials were broken and I asked for them to be replaced. Well they keep coming to me with all the Finials broken so maybe you need to have them removed from the rod and packaged separately so the rod stops crushing the porcelain Finials during shipment.