Several companies made molded Crackle patterns in the late 1920s and early 1930s; please don’t confuse these with the later crackle glass from companies like Pilgrim or Blenko. Crackle depression glass has lines molded in while true crackle glass has glass with lots of tiny cracks. Crackle depression glass will hold liquids where the cracked glass may not.
Back in the late 1920s ice was expensive, likely too costly for many people to use the way we do, casually to cool drinks. The idea with Crackle patterns was to make the contents look like they had ice in them.
I have only seen crystal but Gene Florence mentions there are colors, green, canary yellow, probably others. He indicates that LE Smith, McKee, MacBeth-Evans, Federal, US Glass and others made these patterns. LE Smith called their crackle pattern By Cracky.
The mayo bowl shown above is from McKee as are the full mayo set and the sherbet shown below.
Florence lists a wide variety of pieces, combining what he found in his research without separating by manufacturer. From his lists it looks like you could get pieces to use for lunch, but Crackle is primarily an accessory pattern and beverage service. He lists multiple tumblers and pitchers, which makes sense given the idea was to look like ice.
Crackle is a fun pattern. Currently Replacements has several pieces of By Cracky from LE Smith in both crystal and amber. You can find crystal, blue and green Crackle pieces on eBay. It might be fun to see what you can find, and wouldn’t it be fun to use this in summer time to make your drinks look cold? (Even if you do need the ice maker to actually get the lemonade cold!)