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  • Sale Announcement | A View from Across the Atlantic: The Pamela Ford Collection | 18 November 2025
Sale Announcement | A View from Across the Atlantic: The Pamela Ford Collection | 18 November 2025

Sale Announcement | A View from Across the Atlantic: The Pamela Ford Collection | 18 November 2025

Sale Announcement | A View from Across the Atlantic: The Pamela Ford Collection | 18 November 2025

On Tuesday 18 November, Dreweatts will present the auction A View from Across the Atlantic: The Pamela Ford Collection. It is a privilege to bring to auction the collection of Pamela Ford, a discerning connoisseur whose vision and taste embody one of the most fascinating narratives in collecting history: the transatlantic dialogue between America and England. From the Gilded Age onward, a generation of collectors on both sides of the Atlantic forged identities through art and objects, often drawing upon European heritage to lend grandeur to the new wealth of American society, while English collectors reciprocally embraced American creativity and innovation.

Inline Image - The Pamela Ford Collection, photographed against the backdrop of Kirtlington Park.
The Pamela Ford Collection, photographed against the backdrop of Kirtlington Park.

Following in the tradition of Henry Clay Frick, JP Morgan, John D Rockefeller, Andrew Mellon and more recently Jane Wrightsman, The Ford collection extends this passion with remarkable clarity. It reflects the informed taste that defined the 20th century, when families and individuals cultivated their cultural standing through acquisitions that bridged continents such as Gainsborough's Blue Boy now at the Huntingdon Art Museum. This legacy remains alive, with transatlantic tastes shaping the art market and refining private collections. Pamela Ford’s Collection has, in turn, absorbed this historical current, assembling a group of important works by household 18th and 19th century artists and furniture makers from George Romney, Thomas Hudson and Allan Ramsey to Ince & Mayew, John Linnell and Blake. These resonate with the refinement, eclecticism, and cultural ambition of that era.

The objects in this catalogue stand not only as individual treasures, but as physical manifestations of a broader cultural phenomenon, including the exchange of ideas, aesthetics, and values across the Atlantic. They reveal how personal taste and historical precedent converge in the act of collecting, situating the Pamela Ford collection within a lineage that extends from the Gilded Age into the present day.

Auction Highlights

Inline Image - Lot 7: A Royal Louis XVI white-painted and upholstered chaise a La Reine, circa 1785, attributed to Jean-Baptiste Boulard | Est. £4,000-6,000 (+ fees)
Lot 7: A Royal Louis XVI white-painted and upholstered chaise a La Reine, circa 1785, attributed to Jean-Baptiste Boulard | Est. £4,000-6,000 (+ fees)
Inline Image - Lot 21: Pair of Louis XVI giltwood bergères a La Reine, by Pierre Brizard, circa 1780 | Est. £7,000-10,000 (+ fees)
Lot 21: Pair of Louis XVI giltwood bergères a La Reine, by Pierre Brizard, circa 1780 | Est. £7,000-10,000 (+ fees)
Inline Image - Lot 23: A pair of giltwood and ebonised side tables, late 19th/early 20th century, after designs by Henry Flitcroft and Matthias Lock, possibly by Lenygon and Morant | Est. £10,000-15,000 (+ fees)
Lot 23: A pair of giltwood and ebonised side tables, late 19th/early 20th century, after designs by Henry Flitcroft and Matthias Lock, possibly by Lenygon and Morant | Est. £10,000-15,000 (+ fees)
Inline Image - Lot 24: A pair of giltwood mirrors, circa 1900, in the manner of William Kent | Est. £15,000-25,000 (+ fees)
Lot 24: A pair of giltwood mirrors, circa 1900, in the manner of William Kent | Est. £15,000-25,000 (+ fees)
Inline Image - Lot 26: Thomas Hudson (1701-1779), 'Portrait of a Lady', Oil on canvas | Est. £20,000-30,000 (+ fees)
Lot 26: Thomas Hudson (1701-1779), 'Portrait of a Lady', Oil on canvas | Est. £20,000-30,000 (+ fees)
Inline Image - Lot 27: George Romney (British 1734-1802), 'Portrait of Francis Lind (1752/3-1840)', Oil on canvas | Est. £35,000-50,000 (+ fees)
Lot 27: George Romney (British 1734-1802), 'Portrait of Francis Lind (1752/3-1840)', Oil on canvas | Est. £35,000-50,000 (+ fees)
Inline Image - Lot 30: Joseph Highmore (British 1692-1780), 'Double portrait of Mr Edward Pryce (B.1723) of Gunley and Mrs Frances Pryce, nee Egerton of Trelydan', Oil on canvas | Est. £15,000-20,000 (+ fees)
Lot 30: Joseph Highmore (British 1692-1780), 'Double portrait of Mr Edward Pryce (B.1723) of Gunley and Mrs Frances Pryce, nee Egerton of Trelydan', Oil on canvas | Est. £15,000-20,000 (+ fees)
Inline Image - Lot 37: A large and rare Chinese grey pottery horse, Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | Est. £10,000-15,000 (+ fees)
Lot 37: A large and rare Chinese grey pottery horse, Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) | Est. £10,000-15,000 (+ fees)
Inline Image - Lot 47: A set of four George III giltwood armchairs, attributed to Ince & Mayhew, circa 1785 | Est. £20,000-30,000 (+ fees)
Lot 47: A set of four George III giltwood armchairs, attributed to Ince & Mayhew, circa 1785 | Est. £20,000-30,000 (+ fees)
Inline Image - Lot 52: A set of four George III giltwood open armchairs, attributed to John Linnell, circa 1775 | Est. £50,000-80,000 (+ fees)
Lot 52: A set of four George III giltwood open armchairs, attributed to John Linnell, circa 1775 | Est. £50,000-80,000 (+ fees)
Inline Image - Lot 54: A matched pair of Victorian ormolu-mounted burr-elm, kingwood crossbanded and floral marquetry centre tables, by Blake, London, circa 1868 | Est. £30,000-50,000 (+ fees)
Lot 54: A matched pair of Victorian ormolu-mounted burr-elm, kingwood crossbanded and floral marquetry centre tables, by Blake, London, circa 1868 | Est. £30,000-50,000 (+ fees)
Inline Image - Lot 55: A German silver Art Nouveau tea table, Schleissner & Sohne, Hanau, .800 Standard, post 1886 mark, circa 1910 | Est. £30,000-50,000 (+ fees)
Lot 55: A German silver Art Nouveau tea table, Schleissner & Sohne, Hanau, .800 Standard, post 1886 mark, circa 1910 | Est. £30,000-50,000 (+ fees)
Inline Image - Lot 58: Flemish School, early 17th century, ‘A fete champetre of foxes and swans’, Oil on canvas | Est. £15,000-25,000 (+ fees)
Lot 58: Flemish School, early 17th century, ‘A fete champetre of foxes and swans’, Oil on canvas | Est. £15,000-25,000 (+ fees)
Inline Image - Lot 67: Arman (French 1928-2005), 'Hommage a Yves Klein', Sliced violin with IKB blue pigment in Plexiglas box | Est. £6,000-8,000 (+ fees)
Lot 67: Arman (French 1928-2005), 'Hommage a Yves Klein', Sliced violin with IKB blue pigment in Plexiglas box | Est. £6,000-8,000 (+ fees)

Auction Details

Auction: 
Tuesday 18 November 2025 | 2pm GMT
Dreweatts, Donnington Priory, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2JE, UK

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Viewing:

  • Viewing at Dreweatts London (highlights): 16-17 Pall Mall, SW1Y 5LU
    • Monday 27 October: 10am-4pm
    • Tuesday 28 October: 10am-4pm
    • Wednesday 29 October: 10am-4pm
  • Viewing at Dreweatts Newbury (full sale): Donnington Priory, RG14 2JE
    • Sunday 16 November: 10am-3pm
    • Monday 17 November: 10am-4pm
    • Tuesday 18 November: 9am-4pm

Further information:
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