My cute daily coffee/tea pitcher

I found this at a second hand shop and just love the little guy, but google hasn’t pulled much up other than a handful of Christian goal signed white and blue pieces with very little detail, nothing like him, and they’re asking $85 for a 5.5inch vase also a 3.5” crock is going for $27 on Etsy. I do use him for loose tea or coffee often, but I am worried he is a collector piece that Ive been using as function this whole time! I can’t find any info on the potter him/herself, or any pottery vaguely similar to the effort put into mine. Any knowledge is appreciated. Thank you