Samuel Folwell's wife ran a school in Philadelphia for which he painted backgrounds, faces, and embroidery designs for the young ladies' needlework. In 1793 Folwell advertised that he had opened an art school in Philadelphia where "All kinds of Pencil work will be taught, as also Painting upon Sattin, Ivory, Paper..." The obverse of this locket shows that allegorical figure of Hope with an anchor, gesturing toward a departing ship. The reverse contains a plait of brown hair and a depiction of a small child with a lamb.