Title: Fence Post Finial from the Jerathmeel Peirce House, Salem, Massachusetts
Object type: Fence post
Date: 1770–1800
Culture: American
Artist:  Samuel McIntire 
Artist bio: 1757–1811
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Pine
Dimensions: H. 32 in. (81.3 cm)
Credit line: Gift of the Essex Institute, 1927
Geography: Made in Salem Massachusetts  United States New England     
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY