As for the butler, time at last had brought him to bear with patience the inquisition about the waste corks and the empty bottles.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
When they paused for refreshments-ginger-beer in stone bottles-at Gattrell's, and old Mrs. Gattrell, while she undid the corks, outlined the troubles of her husband's family and her own, she felt grateful for both to have kept clear of India and "the colonies."
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
Then Hyde and Mary had a game of battledore, and she watched them tossing the gayly painted corks, until amid their light laughter and merry talk she fell asleep.
"The Maid of Maiden Lane"
Amelia E. Barr