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She married John Hull Grundy, an entomologist and artist, in 1949. Shortly thereafter, she was debilitated by a chronic respiratory illness. Her purchases of fine art continued, with trusted dealers bringing the works to her sickbed. In many cases, she bought works via mail.<ref name=bm/>
Her focus of collection became European jewellery and Japanese
A 1976 catalogue of an exhibition of decorative arts at the British Museum (''Jewellery through 7000 years'') made Grundy realise that the museum's collection ended in the 1700s. She resolved to update their holdings by acquiring 18th and 19th century objects.<ref name="Smith2007">{{cite book|author=Rupert Smith|title=The Museum: Behind the Scenes at the British Museum|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8pSQ42BTQYQC&pg=PA114|year=2007|publisher=BBC Books|isbn=978-0-563-53913-1|page=114}}</ref> In 1978, she donated a large part of her collection to the British Museum. This possibly comprised the best of her collections as she had separately donated fine pieces to other museums in the UK, including the Fitzwilliam in Cambridge, Manchester and Glasgow. Some of the major pieces included a 1559 silver roundel by [[Lambert Suavius]] commemorating the [[Peace of Cateau-Cambresis]], and silver portrait medallions of [[Elizabeth I]] and James I by [[Simon de Passe]]. There were also cameos by Italian masters, [[Benedetto Pistrucci|Pistrucci]], Berini and Girometti.<ref name=burlington>{{cite journal|journal=The Burlington Magazine|volume=121|number=912|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/879524|title=The Jeweller's Art: The Hull Grundy Gift|author=Shirley Bury|page=194|accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref> The value of her donation stemmed from the good documentation of the art works, especially those from European and American engravers and designers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fathom.com/course/21701728/session4.html |author=Marjorie Caygill |title=Creating a Great Museum: Early Collectors and The British Museum |date=January 2008 |publisher=British Museum |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730002432/http://fathom.com/course/21701728/session4.html |archivedate=2012-07-30 }}</ref> From her Japanese collections were ''[[Okimono |jizai okimono]]'', articulated iron animals, as well as netsuke.<ref name=bm/>
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