Glass plate camera, made by ICA in Dresden around 1910, came to me in a rather poor condition: plate holder with some rust, ground glass and folding leather viewing detached entirely from the main body, rail advance a bit wonky, the viewfinder element rusty and with the horizontal glass missing.
Good stuff: lens not scratched or fungy, shutter still operating, bellows in good condition, rotating f stop bezel working all right, leatherette in good condition (albeit dirty as hell). A glass plate was still inside the holder, but completely fogged.
Lens is a ICA Periskop Alpha 11, shutter B, Z (time), 25/50/100, f stops starting at 11, 12.5, 18, 25, 36. Leaf shutter, activated manually by pressing the small lever on the right of the lens mount. The screws that move the lens board up and down/left and right are still doing their job. As said, the bellows are intact.
I am not one for using glass plates for my photography, but this camera will be sent to repair shop where it will be restored as best they can. Why not? It is well worth it; if it survived until now to arrive in my hands, I want it to be revived for future generations to come. Will they be shooting on glass plates? Improbable but possible.