I bought an old decanter, how do I clean the cork?

[MikeDS]

I bought the old stove decanter off eBay. It's ceramic so I'm going to boil water and pour it in to sterilize the inside but how do I clean the cork? I don't want Ebola or SARS or something from it. Thanks!

[gr8erdane]

Soak it in 07 GTS. If anything can survive 144 proof it deserves to live.....