well evolvedragonfly, I have the same question. I wonder if it is like a tri bead. Kind of looks like a pacifyer. Come on hodges2800... tell us please.
Well ladies here is what I found: A story is that a certain M. Jaquin from Passy near Paris realized that fish scales would yield a protein (guanine) that resembled the surface of pearls. In the mid or late 17th century he began making "Roman" pearls by coating the inside of blown glass beads with guanine and inserting wax to hold the guanine and give the pearls some weight. It is unknown if he invented the whole process or only the guanine extraction. The family continued the work for 200 years.