A rare ebonised Dutch striking bracket clock with moonphase and alarm Bearing a signature for Thomas Monkhouse but probably Dutch, mid to late 18th century The five pillar twin fusee movement striking the hours both at the hour and again on a smaller bell at the half hour, with verge escapement regulated by small lenticular bib pendulum, alarm sounding on the larger bell and fine symmetrical foliate scroll engraved backplate, the 8 inch brass break-arch dial with false bob over calendar apertures and shaped silvered plaque engraved Tho's Monkhouse, London to the matted centre, within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fine foliate scroll engraved half hour markers and Arabic five minutes outside the Dutch style arcaded minute ring, with scroll pierced blued steel hands and foliate scroll cast spandrels incorporating Strike/Not strike switch at nine o'clock, the arch with rolling moonphase calibrated for age of the moon to the outer edge of the disc and with solar mask and armillary sphere engraved lunettes to lower margin, the inverted bell top case with hinged carrying handle above cavetto top mouldings, the front with applied raised mouldings bordering the glazed dial aperture and scroll pierched frets to the upper quadrants of the front door, the sides with circular over concave topped rectangular glazed side windows, the rear with break-arch glazed door set within the frame of the case, on shallow cavetto moulded skirt base with squab feet, 48cm (19ins) high excluding handle. Provenance: The beneficiaries of the estate of a private collector, Wiltshire.