Their new home housed expensive paintings including examples by Millais,[2] Gainsborough, George Romney J. M. W. Turner and Salomon van Ruysdael.

They amassed a large quantity of antique silver objects and early porcelain figures made in England.

She became the chair of the board taking valuable advice from her husband's secretary who understood the business.

[1] In the following year, she gave a collection valued at £200,000 to the National Gallery of South Australia.

[1] A 1951 bottle of wine from her time in charge at Penfold's sold for over $100,000 Australian dollars in 2020.