This teapot is styled after a 1920s/1930s period typewriter. In common with all manufacturer teapots, where you see gold details they are produced using real gold, and the silver is created in platinum. The lid is the carriage section.
My mum is 94 and collects tea pots she used one like this in miller’s business college when she was young she will love it. Wendy. Barton Mills Bury St. Edmunds, GB. Mon Sep 05 2022