A rectangular enamel advertising sign featuring a chocolate-brown ground and bold white block lettering with black drop-shadow. The upper section is lettered Wills’s Star above a central graphic of an orange and white Star cigarette packet, rendered in three-dimensional perspective. The packet detail includes branding for W.D. and H.O. Wills of Bristol and London. The base is lettered Cigarettes. Small print along the lower margin and the side of the packet graphic identifies the issuer as the Imperial Tobacco Co (of Great Britain and Ireland), Limited. The sign is framed by a thin black border.
18 x 36 inches..
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