Hi Justus,
thank you! I’m really glad you noticed those details — the glass items and the compasses were especially fun and challenging to design.
Since this is a digital model, the botanical tables are “imagined” as printed tiles. I wanted them to look like old field notes, so I kept everything clean and print‑based rather than using stickers.
For the magnifier I used 2x part 18675 for the lens. Some of the other elements appear in colours that don’t exist in the real palette, but I chose them to keep the overall look consistent with the vintage style I had in mind.
Here is a better view of the magnifying glass:
Thanks again for your thoughtful questions!
Marco