It is also unusual for cases for historic flutes to have survived ~ many cases for C18th instruments were made of fabric or card and elaborate cases such as this were reserved for the highest quality instruments. The original trapezoid case for this flute is wooden and covered with extravagantly tooled leather.

My copy here, made from reclaimed mahogany for one of Rod Camerons first copies, has a simplified version of the original tooled design inlaid into the lid.