An extremely rare Derby teacup and saucer

An extremely rare Derby teacup and saucer, the cup with loop handle, finely painted in coloured enamels with two Chinese children in a garden, and a draped table and an iron stand supporting a bell, within gilt cartouches, on a ground with gilt mythical creatures and leaf scrolls, gilt line rims, circa 1800, pseudo crowned Sevres marks in gilt enclosing the date letters BB and letter A

The elaborate marks in these pieces make it likely that this cup and saucer were made as a replacement for a Sevres hard paste porcelain original from 1779, thr original decorated by Charles-Eloi Asselin
No comparable example appears to be recorded 

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