Hand-blown glass pipes

The celebrated Vlachian (Valašská) School of Glass-blowing

Each of our pieces are hand-blown by one of seven of our glass-blowing artists, some of whom can trace their ancestry directly back to the well known Velièka family from the Vlachian region of the Czech Republic. The first historical record of the Velièka family glass-blowing tradition spans back to the Middle Ages and is now designated in the Vlachian School of Glass-blowing. From the perspective of artistry and craftsmanship, our glassware is of first class quality, with its considerable renown reaching beyond the borders of Europe. Jaromír Velièka, of the famous Velièka family, is the owner of ExcellentPipes.com. It all sounds a bit crazy but it is all true. After some friends from the U.S. visited the school in the late 1990s Jaromir Velièka started making his first pipes.

Our company, ExcellentPipes Ltd is the exclusive producer of all of our glassware, including:

- Glass pipes
- Glass water pipes
- Colored glass goods
- Color changing glass pipes
- Glass bongs
- Glass water bongs
- Glass spoons
- Glass chillums
- Glass jars

The history of the Vlachian region and the Velièka family

Situated in the present day Czech Republic, the Vlachian region is a poor, hilly region with wonderfully preserved areas of nature, where even today, it is not uncommon to see wolves and bears. Local chronicles from the second half of the 13th century make mention of the Velièka family which attained permission to operate within the glass-blowing trade; registries dating back to the 15th century speak of the artistry of the local glass-blowing masters and thier frequent visits from Dutch and Italian merchants dealing in precious goods.