Green’s Dictionary of Slang

teapot (lid) n.

[rhy. sl.]

1. a Jew [= Yid n.1 ].

[UK]J. Franklyn Dict. Rhy. Sl.
[UK]J. Jones Rhy. Cockney Sl.
[UK] (ref. to 1928) R. Barnes Coronation Cups and Jam Jars 96: The slang words for Yid were ‘tea pot lid’, or ‘backward skid.’.
[UK]R. Puxley Cockney Rabbit.

2. a child [= kid n.1 (1)].

[UK]J. Jones Rhy. Cockney Sl.
[UK]R. Puxley Cockney Rabbit.

3. £1 sterling [= quid n. (3)].

[UK]J. Jones Rhy. Cockney Sl.
[UK]R. Puxley Cockney Rabbit.