The approbation of the Squire has been followed by that of the whole household; they all declare, that if ever matches are really made in heaven, this must have been; for that old Christy and Mrs. Hannah were as evidently formed to be linked together, as ever were pepper-box and vinegar-cruet.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
"I saw papa's eye looking mischievous, and then he pointed to the Strad, where it was lying on the piano-locked up safe; we saw to that-and said there was Paganini's fiddle, why not play the cruet-stand, or whatever you called it, now?
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
Mis' Uppers was like a vinegar cruet of mine, slim and tall, with a little grotesquely puckered face for a stopper, as if the whole known world were sour.
"Friendship Village"
Zona Gale