The back is divided into four panels by a thick gold twist.  The upper and lower panels have each a blue purl rose worked in them, with a white and red lily in the same silver thread as those on the sides, with gold leaves and stalks; the two inner panels contain each three purl roses, with gold leaves and stems.  The upper of these panels has a large rose of blue, yellow, and red, and two smaller ones yellow with blue centres; the lower panel has a large rose of red, pink, and yellow, and two smaller ones of red, with yellow centres.

Dotted about the groundwork of the panels are several spangles and short lengths of coloured purl.

The edges of the leaves are plainly gilt.

Bible. London, 1648.

A Bible, printed in London in 1648, formerly the property of George III., is bound in canvas, and has embroidered upon the boards emblematic representations of Faith and Hope.  It measures 6-3/4 by 4-3/4 inches.

On the upper side is a full-length figure of Faith.  She has fair hair, and is dressed in an orange and red dress cut low, and showing in the front a pale blue under garment.  She has a large white collar and cuffs, both in point-lace, and bears in her right hand an open book with the word ‘FAITH’ written upon it, while her left hand rests upon a pointed shield, pale purple with a yellow centre.  She is standing upon a rounded hillock, on which are a strawberry plant with two fruits, two caterpillars, a red tulip, and another flower.

In the right-hand upper corner is a turreted and gabled house, the windows of which are marked with little glittering pieces of talc.  Below the house is a caterpillar and a large blue butterfly.  In the left-hand upper corner is the sun, in gold, just appearing under a blue cloud.  Underneath this, in succession, come a tree with a butterfly upon it, a bird, most likely meant for a wren, and another caterpillar.  The remains of two red tie-ribbons are near the front edges.  The background is worked in silver thread, and the edges of the boards are bound with silver braid having a thread or two of red silk on the innermost side.

On the under cover Hope appears in a curiously worked upper garment of blue and white, short in the sleeves, in needlepoint, with a belt.  Under this is a dress of red and orange, showing a blue under skirt in front.  A scarf of the same colour as the dress is gracefully folded over the shoulders and hangs over the left arm; a rather deep collar and cuffs are both worked in needlepoint.  The right hand rests upon an anchor with a ‘fouled’ rope.

Hope stands upon a rounded hillock, on which are a snail and spray of possible foxglove, and out of which grow a red carnation and another flower.  In the upper right-hand corner is a gabled cottage with a tree, and under it a moth, flower, and caterpillar.  Towards the upper left-hand corner is a bank of cloud with red and yellow rays issuing therefrom, and under it a pear-tree with flower and fruit, and a many-coloured butterfly.  All the background is worked in silver thread.