bug#16574: 24.3.50; icon not shown on the splash screen (mac osx)

[Glenn Morris]

Darren Hoo wrote:

> open /Applications/Emacs.app --args -q
>
> the emacs icon on the fancy splash screen (*GNU Emacs*) is missing, try to
> increase the frame size a little bit then press `c-h c-a', the icon is back,
> however if decrease the frame size to some size less or equal to the initial
> startup size and press `c-h c-a' the icon is lost again.

I don't think this is a bug, and AFAIK it has been like this for some time.
The image is not shown if the frame seems to be too small.
See use-fancy-splash-screens-p.