This unusual chimneypiece incorporates contemporary Chinese porcelain figures in panels simulating precious minerals. A chimneypiece supplied by architect Robert Adam in 1773 for the 'Chinese Room' at Kenwood House, Hampstead also incorporates Chinese porcelain panels within elaborately cast ormolu borders (illustrated in J. Bryant, Kenwood, English Heritage, p. 39). The house was remodelled by Adam from 1764 until 1779 for William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield and Lord Chief Justice. The drawing for the chimneypiece is in the Sir John Soane Museum, London and the chimneypiece remains in the house.

The type of scagliola-inlaid panels to the corners of this piece are often attributed to Pietro Bossi, who is listed in the Dublin Directories as 'Inlayer in Marble and Stucco Worker' form 1785-1798.