Sentence:  Wavy lines , feather like patterns , rosettes of indefinitely floral nature , birds either singly or in stylized rows , animals in solemn frieze bands ( see Plates 11 - 12 ) - all these turned up in the more developed fabrics as preliminary signs that the <WSD>potters</WSD> were broadening their gaze . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln