OK, gang....I realize this might be off topic a bit but I wanted to get this mystery lure in front of as many eyes as I could.

A friend of my wife gave me a ton of old fishing tackle to give an approx. value to. I have been doing this for years and between my catalog library and Ebay I am rarely stumped unless it was a one of a kind hand carved, or a few of a kind prototype. But this one has me scratching my head. Here is the description, with pictures below.

The lure is approx. 3" long and 1-1/2" across the face. It is a solid body made of a some type of resin, and does not appear or act like plastic. It's more like the material a pool ball is made from. It does not appear to be molded or does it appear to be carved. The single hook you see in the picture folds up into the body, and the little "comb" on top (which is plastic) also folds down into the body. I couldn't resist pulling it through the water to see what it's action was like. A constant retrieve produces an action somewhat like a Jitterbug with a lisp. A popping action is much like a Hula Popper except it throws a much smaller amount of water, 2-3 ft. in front of itself. It is a floater, but sets very low in the water, with only perhaps an 1/8" showing when at rest.

Being that 99.9 % of this tackle is Shakespeare as his Grandfather had some sort of connection with Shakespeare, my first thought was/is proto-type.......what do you think?