Johann Melchior Dinglinger
Johann Melchior Dinglinger (1664–1731), born at Biberach in Swabia, was the most celebrated goldsmith of the Baroque age. Apprenticed in Ulm and trained as a journeyman in Augsburg and other cities, he settled in Dresden in 1692 and became court jeweller to Augustus the Strong of Saxony in 1698.
With his brothers he ran a great workshop, creating the Golden Coffee Service of 1701 and the Court of Delhi on the Birthday of the Grand Mughal Aurangzeb (1701–1708), a tableau of 132 enamelled gold figures. Augustus continued to commission his work even in wartime. Dinglinger died in Dresden in 1731.