Enlarging on the Focomat- Minor Details.

I have recently come across Enlarger accessories I thought I should never find. They are the two most common of the range of single negative glass plates that were sold for the Focomat over many years. The two plates shown support the glass in the enlarger but , contrary to historic illustrations these are in a fine matt silver finish of metal without any paint. The larger aperture and glass is for the nominal Focomat 4x4 fitting which cuts the extreme corners. In this case the holder came with two strips of thin adhesive tape to mask the aperture to 3x4 in a vertical format. I removed this as the adhesive has decayed. The glasses are in good condition and original having the small detent at the end of each plate to ease separation. When first listed these bases were sold in a range of formats and in 1956 included a 3x4 holder within a range of five. Mine are coded VNEOO for the standard 35mm frame and VNUOO for 4x4. The glass plates were VOOMD for 35mm and VOONR for the larger type. One minor anomaly I found with the standard 35mm full frame holder is that the aperture is factory finished at 25 x 37 mm- a size sought after in the world of Black and White film! There are no trade marks.