This booklet is a transcript of the talk given by Les Foley at the Annual General Meeting of the Shelley Group in 1999. The booklet includes decorative techniques employed in the manufacture of Faience, Urbato, Pastello and Intarsio wares with the emphasis being on Intarsio. The booklet covers a theory of the origin of the name, first and second series, numbering, shapes, and patterns and is well illustrated.