The first master pewterer in Ried to be mentioned by name was Wendelin Pürck, who worked here before 1600. His workshop was in the western Vormarkt (today number 5, Rainerstraße). 

The Ried hallmark for pewter is the market crest, a shield divided diagonally into four with the Bavarian diamonds and the peasant’s shoe. 

Pewter was the “poor man's silver”. Any damaged pewter items were melted down, which is why scarcely any early pewterers’ pieces have been preserved. The majority of the pewter vessels in the collection are “Pitschen” – round or four, six or eight-sided pewter bottles with a screw top and a handle – along with bowls and plates from the 18th century.