Public service announcement: if you want to give a gift to a semi-serious or serious chess player don't give them a reproduction of an historical set such as those in the article and don't give them a modern themed set such as an Alice in Wonderland set or a Civil War set or a Sherlock Holmes set or a Lord of the Rings set no matter how much they are fans of the subject of the set's theme unless you have very good reason to believe they actually will want the specific set you want to give them.

To a majority of semi-serious or serious players those sets are only interesting as art objects. They will almost never actually use them to play chess. When they actually want to play a game they usually want a set that meets FIDE or their local federation's tournament standards, and is sturdy enough that it won't be damaged in a mad rush to beat the clock in an endgame.

Even if they personally are OK with playing on an historical or themed set they might have trouble finding people to play with. If I come to their house and they want me to play chess with them I am not going to play on their Sherlock Holmes themed set [1] where I'll spend half my time trying to remember if Inspector Lestrade is a rook or a bishop.

[1] https://www.houseofstaunton.com/catalog/product/view/id/3658...