I recently picked up a 4x5 camera with very little in the way of markings. I bought it for the roller blind shutter to put on another camera.
The camera itself is in relatively good condition and had some great quality 4x5 slide boxes I just can't figure out manufacturer or any distinctive markings. I've never come across a fixed bellows point and shoot 4x5 before so it's a bit of a novelty. Camera has a rear ground glass on a hinge that moves away to allow the film holder to fit. Pictures are attached.
It could go with a European medical/scientific photography instrument but hard to tell. I would look through period correct catalogs with those photographic instruments.
I agree that is likely a plate recording camera for a scientific instrument. My guess is that it could have been used with a spectrometer, which would have contained the optics to project the image onto the plate. Here are a couple of examples of such things (these are probably older - wood body, no shutter): https://collection.sciencemuseumgrou...9-spectroscope http://woodandbrass.co.uk/detail.php?cat_num=0346
Image from the UK Science Museum Group, shared under a CC-BY-NC-SA license.
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