This chess set was created by Studio Anne Carlton, for the Sesquicentennial anniversary of the Siege and Battle of the Alamo. The studio specialized in unique and sometimes historically themed sets, some of which include the American Revolution and US Civil War.
In May 1986, Managing Director of Studio Anne Carlton, M. A. Schofield, wrote a letter to Alamo Curator, Mr. Steve W. Beck, wishing to gift the Alamo with a unique chess to mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Alamo. Curator Beck would write back that the set made it safely across the Atlantic from Hull, England, to San Antonio, Texas in June 1986 and was to be placed on display in the Museum Gift Shop.
